Multi Step Form <= 1.7.23 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited File Upload

Missing Authorization
CVE CVE-2024-12427
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published January 15, 2025
Last Updated January 16, 2025
Researcher Ryan Zegar
Description

The Multi Step Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized limited file upload due to a missing capability check on the fw_upload_file AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 1.7.23. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload limited file types such as images.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Plugin
Software Slug multi-step-form (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 1.7.23
Patched Version
  • 1.7.24
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