# CVE-2023-41862: WordPress VS Contact Form plugin \<= 14.0 - Sum Captcha Bypass vulnerability

- Severity: CVSS 5.3 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2024-12-13 · Updated: 2026-04-28

## Affected

- very-simple-contact-form: through 14.0

## Description

Weak Authentication vulnerability in Guido VS Contact Form allows Authentication Abuse.This issue affects VS Contact Form: from n/a through 14.0.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on very-simple-contact-form, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/very-simple-contact-form/vulnerability/wordpress-vs-contact-form-plugin-13-9-sum-captcha-bypass-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

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