CVE-2024-12713 Missing authorization in SureForms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Other Custom Form Builder

Medium 5.3 Published 8 Jan 2025 Updated 8 Apr 2026

Unauthenticated attackers can export data from protected, private, or draft posts due to a missing capability check in the SureForms WordPress plugin.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2024-12713?

CVE-2024-12713 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in brainstormforce SureForms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Other Custom Form Builder, published on 8 Jan 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The SureForms – Drag and Drop Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Information Exposure in all versions up to, and including, 1.2.2 via the handle_export_form() function due to a missing capability check. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to export data from password protected, private, or draft posts that they should not have access to.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-12713?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Brainstormforce Sureforms.

How do I fix CVE-2024-12713?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-12713 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-2024-12713 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-12713 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-vf37-2976-p465.