# CVE-2024-5309: Form Vibes – Database Manager for Forms <= 1.4.12 - Missing Authorization in Multiple Functions

> Authenticated attackers with Subscriber access can read and modify data due to missing capability checks in multiple plugin functions.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 5 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-wwwc-q9ch-83c7

## What is CVE-2024-5309?

CVE-2024-5309 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpvibes Form Vibes – Database Manager for Forms, published on 5 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Form Vibes – Database Manager for Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access of data and modification of data due to a missing capability check on the fv_export_csv, reset_settings, save_settings, save_columns_settings, get_analytics_data, get_event_logs_data, delete_submissions, and get_submissions functions in all versions up to, and including, 1.4.12. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to perform multiple unauthorized actions. NOTE: This vulnerability is partially fixed in version 1.4.12.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-5309?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpvibes Form Vibes.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-5309?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-5309 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-5309 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-5309 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in wpvibes Form Vibes – Database Manager for Forms

- [CVE-2024-5325](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5325/): Form Vibes <= 1.4.10 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection via fv_export_data (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-3764](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3764/): Form Vibes < 1.4.5 - Admin+ SQLi (high 7.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-5309 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-5309 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in wpvibes Form Vibes – Database Manager for Forms, published on 5 Sep 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-2024-5309 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: wpvibes Form Vibes – Database Manager for Forms. 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-2024-5309/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5309/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-5309
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-5309
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-5309

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5309/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.