# CVE-2024-38748: WordPress EleForms plugin <= 2.9.9.9 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> An attacker can bypass access controls in the EleForms WordPress plugin to perform unauthorized actions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Nov 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-76x8-w2v7-4h6v

## What is CVE-2024-38748?

CVE-2024-38748 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in TheInnovs EleForms, published on 1 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Access Control vulnerability in TheInnovs EleForms allows .

This issue affects EleForms: from n/a through 2.9.9.9.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-38748?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Theinnovs Eleforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-38748?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-38748 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-38748 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in TheInnovs EleForms

- [CVE-2024-2082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2082/): Cross-site scripting in EleForms – All In One Form Integration including DB for Elementor (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-6626](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6626/): EleForms – All In One Form Integration including DB for Elementor <= 2.9.9.9 - Missing Authorization (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-2043](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-2043/): Missing authorization in EleForms – All In One Form Integration including DB for Elementor (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-6628](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6628/): EleForms – All In One Form Integration including DB for Elementor <= 2.9.9.9 - Cross-Site Request Forgery (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-38748 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-38748 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in TheInnovs EleForms, published on 1 Nov 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-38748 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: TheInnovs EleForms. 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-2024-38748/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38748/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-38748
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-38748
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-38748

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-38748/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.