CVE-2024-1217 Missing authorization in Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder
Authenticated subscribers can deactivate arbitrary plugins due to missing capability checks in the Kali Forms WordPress 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-2024-1217?
CVE-2024-1217 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpchill Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder, published on 20 Feb 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin deactivation due to a missing capability check on the await_plugin_deactivation function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.41. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to deactivate any active plugins.
Weakness: CWE-862
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1217?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Kaliforms Contact Form Builder.
How do I fix CVE-2024-1217?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1217 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-2024-1217 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1217 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-rp94-5jm7-95fv.