CVE-2024-56276
Published: 07 January 2025
Summary
CVE-2024-56276 is a medium-severity Missing Authorization (CWE-862) vulnerability in Wpforms Wpforms. Its CVSS base score is 4.3 (Medium).
Operationally, exploitation aligns with the MITRE ATT&CK technique Exploit Public-Facing Application (T1190); ranked in the top 38.3% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
The strongest mitigations our analysis identified are NIST 800-53 AC-3 (Access Enforcement) and SI-2 (Flaw Remediation).
Deeper analysis
CVE-2024-56276 is a missing authorization vulnerability, also described as exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels and mapped to CWE-862, in the wpforms-lite WordPress plugin for Contact Form by WPForms, developed by Syed Balkhi. The issue affects all versions from n/a through 1.9.2.2. It has a CVSS v3.1 base score of 4.3 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N), indicating medium severity with network accessibility, low attack complexity, and low-privilege requirements.
Low-privileged authenticated users on affected WordPress sites can exploit this vulnerability remotely without user interaction. By bypassing authorization checks, attackers can achieve limited integrity impacts, such as unauthorized modifications to plugin functions or data, while confidentiality and availability remain unaffected.
The Patchstack advisory provides details on this broken access control vulnerability in wpforms-lite version 1.9.2.2, including mitigation guidance: https://patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wpforms-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-wpforms-lite-plugin-1-9-2-2-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2024-53073
Vulnerability details
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.
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Related Threats
MITRE ATT&CK Enterprise TechniquesAI
Why these techniques?
Missing authorization (CWE-862) in public-facing WordPress plugin directly enables remote exploitation of the application by authenticated low-privileged users to perform unauthorized modifications.
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Mitigating Controls
Mitigating Controls (NIST 800-53 r5) AI
AC-3 mandates enforcement of approved authorizations for access to system resources, directly countering the missing authorization checks exploited in this WordPress plugin vulnerability.
AC-6 enforces least privilege, limiting the scope of unauthorized modifications low-privileged attackers can perform even if authorization is bypassed.
SI-2 requires timely flaw remediation, directly addressing this specific missing authorization vulnerability through patching affected wpforms-lite versions up to 1.9.2.2.