# CVE-2019-5924: Cross-site request forgery in Smart Forms

> Remote attackers can hijack administrator sessions via CSRF in Smart Forms, potentially leading to full administrative control.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Mar 2019
- **Updated:** 4 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r7jx-h7qj-vxgc

## What is CVE-2019-5924?

CVE-2019-5924 is a high-severity vulnerability in RedNao Smart Forms, published on 12 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Smart Forms 2.6.15 and earlier allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of administrators via a specially crafted page.

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-5924?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rednao Smart Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2019-5924?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-5924 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2019-5924 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5924 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in RedNao Smart Forms

- [CVE-2023-49856](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-49856/): WordPress Smart Forms plugin <= 2.6.84 - Authenticated Arbitrary Options Change Vulnerability (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-1307](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1307/): Smart Forms < 2.6.94 - Subscriber+ Edit Entries via Broken Access Control (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2022-0163](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0163/): Smart Forms < 2.6.71 - Subscriber+ Form Data Download (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2023-7203](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7203/): Smart Forms < 2.6.87 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Entry Deletion (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-1905](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1905/): Smart Forms < 2.6.96 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-5924 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2019-5924 is a high-severity vulnerability in RedNao Smart Forms, published on 12 Mar 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-5924 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: RedNao Smart Forms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5924/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5924/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-5924
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-5924
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-5924

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5924/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.