# CVE-2022-0163: Smart Forms < 2.6.71 - Subscriber+ Form Data Download

> Authenticated users can download arbitrary form data, potentially exposing sensitive PII, due to missing authorization checks in the Smart Forms WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 7 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-79hg-wvgp-h7c4

## What is CVE-2022-0163?

CVE-2022-0163 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact form, published on 7 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Smart Forms WordPress plugin before 2.6.71 does not have authorisation in its rednao_smart_forms_entries_list AJAX action, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber, to download arbitrary form's data, which could include sensitive information such as PII depending on the form.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0163?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Rednao Smart Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0163?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0163 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0163 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact form

- [CVE-2019-5924](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5924/): Cross-site request forgery in Smart Forms (high 8.8)
- [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-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-2022-0163 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0163 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Unknown Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact form, published on 7 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0163 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Smart Forms – when you need more than just a contact 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-2022-0163/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0163/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0163
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0163
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0163

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0163/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.