What is CVE-2024-56276?

CVE-2024-56276 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Contact Form By Wpforms, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-07.

How severe is CVE-2024-56276?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.

Is CVE-2024-56276 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Auth bypass in Syed Balkhi Contact Form By Wpforms

CVE-2024-56276

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.

Vulnerability class: Broken Access Control

Published 2025-01-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (30.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 30.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Syed Balkhi Contact Form By Wpforms — versions 0
Wpforms

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/wpforms-lite/vulnerability/wordpress-w… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2024-56276?: CVE-2024-56276 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Syed Balkhi Contact Form By Wpforms, classified under Missing Authorization. CVSS score: 4.3/10. Published 2025-01-07.
How severe is CVE-2024-56276?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.3 out of 10.
Is CVE-2024-56276 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.