Medium severity · published Feb 20, 2024
CVE-2024-1217
Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms <= 2.3.41 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Deactivation
4.3
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized plugin deactivation due to a missing capability check on the await_plugin_deactivation function in all versions up to, and including, 2.3.41. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber access or higher, to deactivate any active plugins.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 23% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KF
Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder · wpchill
through 2.3.41 · source: vendor
CF
Contact Form Builder · Kaliforms
before 2.3.42 · source: NVD
Affected product
KF
Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder
wpchill
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-1217
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-1217
Patch
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3036466/kali-forms/trunk?contextall=1&old=3029334&old_path=%2Fkali-forms%2Ftrunk
Third Party Advisory
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7be75b0a-737d-4f0d-b024-e207af4573cd?source=cve
More from Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder
9.8
CVE-2026-3584
Kali Forms <= 2.4.9 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via form_process
8.1
CVE-2026-16144
Kali Forms <= 2.4.20 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via 'thisPermalink' Field Parameter
7.2
CVE-2026-15395
Kali Forms <= 2.4.18 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'digitalSignature' Field Value
6.4
CVE-2026-9107
Kali Forms <= 2.4.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'kaliforms_field_components' Parameter
5.4
CVE-2024-1218
Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms <= 2.3.41 - Missing Authorization