  Theoretically, some works have proposed the hadronic resonances
$\Sigma_{c}(2800)$ and $\Lambda_{c}(2940)^{+}$ to be $S$-wave $DN$ and $D^{*}N$
molecular candidates, respectively. In the framework of QCD sum rules, we
investigate that whether $\Sigma_{c}(2800)$ and $\Lambda_{c}(2940)^{+}$ could
be explained as the $S$-wave $DN$ state with $J^{P}=\frac{1}{2}^{-}$ and the
$S$-wave $D^{*}N$ state with $J^{P}=\frac{3}{2}^{-}$, respectively.
Technically, contributions of operators up to dimension $12$ are included in
the operator product expansion (OPE). The final results are
$3.64\pm0.33~\mbox{GeV}$ and $3.73\pm0.35~\mbox{GeV}$ for the $S$-wave $DN$
state of $J^{P}=\frac{1}{2}^{-}$ and the $S$-wave $D^{*}N$ state of
$J^{P}=\frac{3}{2}^{-}$, respectively. They are somewhat bigger than the
experimental data of $\Sigma_{c}(2800)$ and $\Lambda_{c}(2940)^{+}$,
respectively. In view of that corresponding molecular currents are constructed
from local operators of hadrons, the possibility of $\Sigma_c(2800)$ and
$\Lambda_{c}(2940)^{+}$ as molecular states can not be arbitrarily excluded
merely from these disagreements between molecular masses using local currents
and experimental data. But then these results imply that $\Sigma_{c}(2800)$ and
$\Lambda_{c}(2940)^{+}$ could not be compact states. This may suggest a
limitation of the QCD sum rule using the local current to determine whether
some state is a molecular state or not. As byproducts, masses for their bottom
partners are predicted to be $6.97\pm0.34~\mbox{GeV}$ for the $S$-wave
$\bar{B}N$ state of $J^{P}=\frac{1}{2}^{-}$ and $6.98\pm0.34~\mbox{GeV}$ for
the $S$-wave $\bar{B}^{*}N$ state of $J^{P}=\frac{3}{2}^{-}$.
