WordPress security changelog
MEDIUM CVE-2024-9700 Analyzed

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder: Broken access control

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder is affected by broken access control. The vulnerable path is reachable without authentication. A successful request can reach data or an operation that should be restricted to another user or a more privileged role.

CVE / CNA score 5.3 CVSS 3.1 · security@wordfence.com
NVD score Pending NVD has not published its own CVSS assessment.
Component
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
Plugin slug
forminator
Affected
See vendor advisory
Safe version
See mitigation notes
Published
Oct 31, 2024
Weakness
CWE-639 — Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key

This CVE was published Oct 31, 2024 and is one of 47 known issues for this plugin.

Update, patch or deactivate.

No fixed release is identified. Update Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder when a confirmed fixed release becomes available; until then, disable and remove it when the site's risk warrants.

No confirmed safe version is listed. Consider a vendor-supported patch or temporarily restricting the affected functionality while you assess the risk.

Deactivate only when warranted by your risk profile, or when advised by your hosting provider in the limited circumstances where the vulnerability cannot otherwise be mitigated. If you’re unsure which action is appropriate, contact Fused or your hosting provider for guidance.

Technical description

The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.36.0 via the submit_quizzes() function due to missing validation on the 'entry_id' user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify other user's quiz submissions.

CVE / CNA vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Primary and upstream sources