# CVE-2024-4266: Information disclosure in MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor

> Unauthenticated attackers can extract sensitive user data from uploaded files via the handle_file function in the MetForm WordPress plugin.

- **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:** 11 Jun 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-gxqg-7fh5-vvwm

## What is CVE-2024-4266?

CVE-2024-4266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor, published on 11 Jun 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Sensitive Information Exposure in versions up to, and including, 3.8.8 via the 'handle_file' function. This can allow unauthenticated attackers to extract sensitive data, such as Personally Identifiable Information, from files uploaded by users.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-4266?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpmet Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-4266?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-4266 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-4266 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-4266 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor

- [CVE-2023-0721](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0721/): Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.3.0 - Unauthenticated CSV Injection (high 8.3)
- [CVE-2023-0714](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0714/): Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.2.4 - Unauthenticated Double-Extension Arbitrary File Upload (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2022-1442](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1442/): Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 2.1.3 - Sensitive Information Disclosure (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-0084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0084/): Metform Elementor Contact Form Builder <= 3.1.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2023-0688](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0688/): Information disclosure in MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-4266 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-4266 is a medium-severity vulnerability in roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor, published on 11 Jun 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-2024-4266 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: roxnor MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor. 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-2024-4266/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4266/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-4266
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-4266
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-4266

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-4266/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.