# CVE-2024-1121: Advanced Forms for ACF <= 1.9.3.2 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Form Settings Export

> Unauthenticated attackers can export form settings due to missing capability checks in the Advanced Forms for ACF WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 5 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-cf78-r42v-cqjp

## What is CVE-2024-1121?

CVE-2024-1121 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in philkurth Advanced Forms for ACF, published on 5 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Advanced Forms for ACF plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the export_json_file() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.3.2. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export form settings.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1121?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hookturn Advanced Forms for Acf.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-1121?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1121 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1121 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1121 exists.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1121 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1121 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in philkurth Advanced Forms for ACF, published on 5 Feb 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-1121 exists.

Affected product: philkurth Advanced Forms for ACF. 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-2024-1121/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1121/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1121
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1121
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1121

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1121/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.