# CVE-2021-24688: Orange Form <= 1.0.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion

> Unauthenticated attackers can delete arbitrary posts due to missing authorization and CSRF checks in AJAX calls.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 28 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3v4m-w579-rrr3

## What is CVE-2021-24688?

CVE-2021-24688 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Orange Form, published on 28 Feb 2022. 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

The Orange Form WordPress plugin through 1.0.1 does not have any authorisation and CSRF checks in all of its AJAX calls, for example the or_delete_filed one which is available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users could allow attackers to delete arbitrary posts.The AJAX calls performing actions on posts also do not ensure that the post belong to them (or that they are allowed to perform such action on it)

Weakness: CWE-352 (Cross-Site Request Forgery), CWE-284 (Improper Access Control)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-24688?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Orange-Form Project Orange-Form.

## How do I fix CVE-2021-24688?

No fix has been published for CVE-2021-24688 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2021-24688 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-24688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Orange Form

- [CVE-2021-24704](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24704/): Orange Form <= 1.0 - SQL Injection via CSRF (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2021-24688 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2021-24688 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Orange Form, published on 28 Feb 2022. 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-2021-24688 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Orange Form. 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-2021-24688/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24688/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-24688
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-24688
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-24688

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24688/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.