# CVE-2024-56276: WordPress WPForms Lite plugin <= 1.9.2.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

> Attackers can bypass access controls in WPForms Lite to perform unauthorized actions due to missing authorization checks.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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:** 7 Jan 2025
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rpqq-f9fv-4hwq

## What is CVE-2024-56276?

CVE-2024-56276 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Contact Form by WPForms, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Contact Form by WPForms wpforms-lite allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Contact Form by WPForms: from n/a through <= 1.9.2.2.

Weakness: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-56276?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wpforms Wpforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-56276?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-56276 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-56276 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56276 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Syed Balkhi Contact Form by WPForms

- [CVE-2024-11205](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11205/): Missing authorization in WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2023-7063](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-7063/): Cross-site scripting in WPForms Pro (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-13403](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-13403/): WPForms Lite <= 1.9.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via fieldHTML Parameter (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2020-36919](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-36919/): WPForms 1.7.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.1)
- [CVE-2024-11223](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11223/): WPForms < 1.9.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.7)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-56276 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-56276 is a medium-severity missing authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Contact Form by WPForms, published on 7 Jan 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-56276 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Syed Balkhi Contact Form by WPForms. 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-2024-56276/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56276/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-56276
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-56276
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-56276

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-56276/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.