CVE-2024-2771: The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/f

critical Affects fluentform (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published 2024-05-18; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to privilege escalation due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/f

Package: fluentform (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <5.1.17
Fixed in: 5.1.17
Severity: critical CVSS 9.8
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (83.5th percentile)
Published: 2024-05-18
Source: nvd

References

CWE-862

NVD record fluentform (WordPress plugin) advisories

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