Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder <= 5.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update and Limited Privilege Escalation

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Summary

CVECVE-2024-2771
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerWordfence
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2024-05-18 08:15:06 UTC
Updated2026-04-08 17:18:36 UTC
DescriptionThe Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/fluentform/v1/managers REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.16. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to grant users with Fluent Form management permissions which gives them access to all of the plugin's settings and features. This also makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete manager accounts.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.1 9.8 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-862 | CWE-862 CWE-862 Missing Authorization

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.1[email protected]Secondary9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
3.1CNADECLARED9.8CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v3.1 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fluentforms Contact Form All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Techjewel Fluent Forms Customizable Contact Forms Survey Quiz Conversational Form Builder affected 5.1.16 semver Not specified
ADP Fluentforms Contact Form affected 5.1.16 semver Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3088078/fluentform/trunk/app/Http/Policies/RoleMana... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 plugins.trac.wordpress.org Patch
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/071195d6-3452-4241-a8d3-92efc... af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.wordfence.com Third Party Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

CNA: Tobias Weißhaar (en)

Additional Advisory Data

SourceTimeEvent
CNA2024-05-17T19:02:43.000ZDisclosed
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