CVE-2024-10402 Missing authorization in Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
Authenticated contributors can create or edit forms to escalate privileges to Administrator due to missing capability checks.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-10402?
CVE-2024-10402 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpmudev Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder, published on 26 Oct 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 1.35.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, and permissions granted by an Administrator, to create new or edit existing forms, including updating the default registration role to Administrator on User Registration forms.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-10402?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpmudev Forminator Forms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-10402?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-10402 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and check permissions on every request on the server, not only in the interface. More about Missing authorization.
Is CVE-2024-10402 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-10402 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in wpmudev Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
- CVE-2025-5341 Cross-site scripting in Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
- CVE-2025-3487 Forminator <= 1.42.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'limit'
- CVE-2025-0469 Forminator <= 1.39.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2025-0470 Forminator <= 1.38.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Title Parameter
- CVE-2025-3479 Forminator <= 1.42.0 - Order Replay Vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3x48-c5fq-3p9x.