# CVE-2024-9417: Hash Form - Drag & Drop Form Builder <= 1.1.9 - Unauthenticated Limited File Upload

> Unauthenticated attackers can upload malicious files, potentially leading to code execution or XSS, due to flawed file type validation in the Hash Form WordPress plugin.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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:** 5 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-94hp-f48v-qhx5

## What is CVE-2024-9417?

CVE-2024-9417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in hashthemes Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder, published on 5 Oct 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

The Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to limited file uploads due to a misconfigured file type validation in the 'handleUpload' function in all versions up to, and including, 1.1.9. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload files that are excluded from both the 'allowedExtensions' and 'unallowed_extensions' arrays on the affected site's server, including files that may contain cross-site scripting.

Weakness: CWE-434 (Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9417?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Hashthemes Hash Form.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-9417?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9417 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9417 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9417 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in hashthemes Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder

- [CVE-2024-5084](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5084/): Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder <= 1.1.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload to Remote Code Execution (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-5085](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5085/): Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder <= 1.1.0 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (high 8.1)
- [CVE-2024-12201](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-12201/): Hash Form <= 1.2.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Form Style Creation (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9417 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9417 is a medium-severity vulnerability in hashthemes Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder, published on 5 Oct 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-2024-9417 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: hashthemes Hash Form – Drag & Drop 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-2024-9417/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9417/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9417
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9417
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9417

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9417/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.