# CVE-2024-31270: WordPress ARForms Form Builder plugin <= 1.6.1 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass authorization checks in the ARForms Form Builder plugin to access restricted functionality without proper permissions.

- **Severity:** High 7.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 8 May 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-22j5-63rc-6cq9

## What is CVE-2024-31270?

CVE-2024-31270 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Repute InfoSystems ARForms Form Builder, published on 8 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Repute InfoSystems ARForms Form Builder.This issue affects ARForms Form Builder: from n/a through 1.6.1.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-31270?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Reputeinfosystems Arforms Form Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-31270?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-31270 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-31270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Repute InfoSystems ARForms Form Builder

- [CVE-2023-6828](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6828/): ARForms <= 1.5.8 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via arf_http_referrer_url (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-37920](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-37920/): WordPress ARForms Form Builder plugin <= 1.6.7 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2024-31272](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31272/): WordPress ARForms Form Builder plugin <= 1.6.1 - Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability (medium 6.3)
- [CVE-2022-45838](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-45838/): WordPress ARForms Form Builder Plugin <= 1.5.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 6.1)
- [CVE-2024-54223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-54223/): WordPress ARForms plugin <= 1.7.1 - HTML Injection vulnerability (medium 5.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-31270 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-31270 is a high-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Repute InfoSystems ARForms Form Builder, published on 8 May 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-31270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Repute InfoSystems ARForms Form Builder. 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-2024-31270/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31270/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-31270
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-31270
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-31270

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-31270/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.