# CVE-2024-9507: Path traversal in Bit Form – Custom Contact Form, Multi Step, Conversational Form & Payment Form builder

> Authenticated administrators can read arbitrary server files via improper input validation in the iconUpload function, exposing sensitive information.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.9 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 11 Oct 2024
- **Updated:** 8 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9wv6-mfj4-8v37

## What is CVE-2024-9507?

CVE-2024-9507 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in bitpressadmin Bit Form – Custom Contact Form, Multi Step, Conversational Form & Payment Form builder, published on 11 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Contact Form by Bit Form: Multi Step Form, Calculation Contact Form, Payment Contact Form & Custom Contact Form builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file read in all versions up to, and including, 2.15.2 due to improper input validation within the iconUpload function. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to leverage a PHP filter chain attack and read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-9507?


## How do I fix CVE-2024-9507?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-9507 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-9507 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9507 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

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Check this codebase for CVE-2024-9507 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-9507 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in bitpressadmin Bit Form – Custom Contact Form, Multi Step, Conversational Form & Payment Form builder, published on 11 Oct 2024. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-9507 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: bitpressadmin Bit Form – Custom Contact Form, Multi Step, Conversational Form & Payment 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-2024-9507/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9507/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-9507
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9507
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9507

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-9507/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.