CVE · Critical

CVE-2024-2771 — Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder [fluentform] < 5.1.17

CVE Vulnerability Type Severity Affected Fixed in Published Status
CVE-2024-2771 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder [fluentform] < 5.1.17 Missing Authorization Critical 9.8 < 5.1.17 5.1.17 2024-05-17

CVE-2024-2771

The Fluent Forms plugin for WordPress contains a privilege escalation vulnerability in its REST API endpoint for managers (versions up to 5.1.16) that lacks proper authorization validation. Attackers without authentication can exploit this flaw to assign administrative privileges to users within the plugin, granting them full access to all configuration options and functionality. Additionally, unauthenticated users can delete existing manager accounts through this same unprotected endpoint. The vulnerability was fixed in version 5.1.17.

Based on public CVE data (MITRE/NVD).

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