CVE-2024-2782 Missing authorization in Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder

High 7.5 Published Updated

Unauthenticated attackers can modify plugin settings due to missing capability checks on a REST API endpoint.

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-2024-2782?

CVE-2024-2782 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in techjewel Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder, published on 18 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/fluentform/v1/global-settings REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.16. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify all of the plugin's settings.

Weakness: CWE-862

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-2782?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Fluentforms Contact Form.

How do I fix CVE-2024-2782?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-2782 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-2024-2782 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2024-2782 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Nuclei template and 1 proofs of concept on GitHub.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-5vhv-m5ch-wx48.

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