CVE-2024-11205 Missing authorization in WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More

High 8.5 Published Updated

Authenticated subscribers can refund payments and cancel subscriptions due to missing capability checks in the WPForms plugin.

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-2024-11205?

CVE-2024-11205 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in smub WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More, published on 10 Dec 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The WPForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the 'wpforms_is_admin_page' function in versions starting from 1.8.4 up to, and including, 1.9.2.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to refund payments and cancel subscriptions.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-11205?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Wpforms Wpforms.

How do I fix CVE-2024-11205?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-11205 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-2024-11205 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-11205 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-w65x-762v-xpf6.

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