WordPress WPForms Lite plugin <= 1.9.2.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

published 2025-01-07 22 mo ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2024-53073

cvss: 4.3; version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 0.4%; EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 34%
public exploits: 0; none known

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Contact Form by WPForms wpforms-lite allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Contact Form by WPForms: from n/a through <= 1.9.2.2.

Patch / fix

fixed in 1

Syed Balkhi Contact Form by WPForms 1.9.2.3

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: partial
Assessed: 22 mo ago (2025-01-07)

Exploit prediction

0.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
CNA	3.1	4.3	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
NVD	3.1	8.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

Syed Balkhi Contact Form by WPForms

Classification

Weakness

CWE-862 Missing Authorization

Technology feeds

WordPress rss critical rss

References

patchstack.com /database/Wordpress/Plugin/wpforms-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-wpforms-lite-plugin-1-9-2-2-broken-access-cont
vdb-entry, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2024-56276
NVD CVE-2024-56276

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CPEs and fixed versions use Anchore's correction of NVD's data: Added CPE configurations because not yet analyzed by NVD.

Summary