# CVE-2024-13717: Missing authorization in Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita

> Authenticated subscribers can toggle contact widgets due to missing capability checks in the vcita WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 31 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ww97-66vh-2j8j

## What is CVE-2024-13717?

CVE-2024-13717 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita, published on 31 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the vcita_ajax_toggle_ae and vcita_ajax_toggle_contact functions in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to enabled and disable widgets.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13717?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-13717?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13717 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-13717 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-13717 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-13717 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita, published on 31 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13717 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Contact Form and Calls To Action by vcita. 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-2024-13717/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13717/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-13717
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-13717
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-13717

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13717/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.