# 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.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **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:** 20 Feb 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rp94-5jm7-95fv

## 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 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1217?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2024-1217 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wpchill Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder

- [CVE-2024-1218](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1218/): Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms <= 2.3.41 - Missing Authorization (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1217 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1217 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpchill Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder. 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-2024-1217/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1217/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1217
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1217
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1217

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1217/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.