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CVE-2024-2782: Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder <= 5.1.16 - Missing Authorization to Setting Manipulation

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2024-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-862

Description

The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/fluentform/v1/global-settings REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.16. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify all of the plugin's settings.

Affected products

• techjewel Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder: before 5.1.17 — fixed in 5.1.17

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: techjewel Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 5.1.17. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3088078/fluentform/trunk/app/Http/Policies/GlobalSettingsPolicy.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0814e7b3-404a-4db5-b564-46c9086ec048?source=cve
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3088078/fluentform/trunk/app/Http/Policies/GlobalSettingsPolicy.php
• https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/0814e7b3-404a-4db5-b564-46c9086ec048?source=cve

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