# CVE-2024-12184: WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti <= 1.9.4 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Form Submission Download

> Unauthenticated attackers can download other users' submitted forms due to a missing capability check in the Contact Forms by Cimatti 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:** 1 Feb 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-39hm-6cvm-cvvw

## What is CVE-2024-12184?

CVE-2024-12184 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Contact Forms by Cimatti, published on 1 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data due to a missing capability check on the accua_forms_download_submitted_file() function in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.4. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to download other user submitted forms.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12184?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Cimatti Wordpress Contact Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-12184?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12184 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-12184 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Contact Forms by Cimatti

- [CVE-2024-29117](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-29117/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin <= 1.7.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-28781](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28781/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti Plugin <= 1.5.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-28789](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28789/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti Plugin <= 1.5.4 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-30549](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30549/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin <= 1.8.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-35051](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-35051/): WordPress Contact Forms by Cimatti plugin <= 1.5.7 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-12184 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-12184 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Contact Forms by Cimatti, published on 1 Feb 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12184 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Contact Forms by Cimatti. 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-2024-12184/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12184/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-12184
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-12184
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-12184

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12184/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.