# CVE-2024-1945: ARForms Form Builder <= 1.6.4 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated(Subscriber+) Arbitrary Option Deletion

> Authenticated subscribers can delete arbitrary site options due to missing capability checks, causing data loss and availability issues.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:H`)
- **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:** 2 May 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-2c7h-v9xp-48m4

## What is CVE-2024-1945?

CVE-2024-1945 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in reputeinfosystems Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder – ARForms, published on 2 May 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Contact Form, Survey & Popup Form Plugin for WordPress –  ARForms Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized loss of data due to a missing capability check on the 'arflite_remove_preview_data' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.4. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access and above, to delete arbitrary site options, resulting in loss of availability.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-1945?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-1945?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-1945 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-1945 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-1945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-1945 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-1945 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in reputeinfosystems Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder – ARForms, published on 2 May 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-2024-1945 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: reputeinfosystems Contact Form, Survey, Quiz & Popup Form Builder – ARForms. 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-2024-1945/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1945/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1945
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1945
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-1945

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1945/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.