# CVE-2024-2782: Contact Form Plugin - Authorization Bypass

> Live exploitation tracking for CVE-2024-2782 by the CrowdSec Live Exploit Tracker, built from real-world attack data crowdsourced from CrowdSec's global network.

Page: https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-2782

## Key facts

- **Exploitation phase:** Limited Exploitation. The vulnerability is known but shows very limited attacker interest or exploitation activity.
- **CVSS score:** 7.5
- **Public exploit available:** Yes
- **Affected products:** Fluent Forms Contact Form Plugin
- **Weaknesses:** CWE-862 (Missing Authorization)
- **Tags:** wordpress

## Description

The Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for Quiz, Survey, and Drag & Drop WP Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized modification of data due to a missing capability check on the /wp-json/fluentform/v1/global-settings REST API endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.16. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to modify all of the plugin's settings.

## CrowdSec analysis

[CVE-2024-2782](https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/CVE-2024-2782) is a vulnerability in the Contact Form Plugin by Fluent Forms for WordPress that allows unauthenticated attackers to modify all plugin settings via the /wp-json/fluentform/v1/global-settings REST API endpoint. This flaw, present in versions up to and including 5.1.16, could be exploited to alter site forms and configurations, potentially leading to site misconfiguration or further attacks.

CrowdSec has been tracking this vulnerability and its exploits since 24th of September 2025.

CrowdSec network observations suggest that most exploitation of CVE-2024-2782 involves focused reconnaissance to identify viable targets. Attackers typically tailor their campaigns based on system exposure and configuration. It is unlikely that a given attack is accidental.
CrowdSec network telemetry also shows that exploitation of CVE-2024-2782 has significantly declined over the past week. Attack volumes are well below the long-term average, suggesting attackers are rapidly losing interest. The vulnerability appears to be falling out of active use across most threat landscapes.

Attackers exploit the `/wp-json/fluentform/v1/global-settings` REST API endpoint to modify plugin settings without authentication, targeting WordPress sites with the FluentForms plugin installed.

## Timeline

- 2024-05-18: CVE Published. CVE-2024-2782 is published to NVD.
- 2025-09-24: Rule Released. CrowdSec releases a rule to detect CVE-2024-2782 exploitation attempts against the CrowdSec Network.
- 2025-09-25: CrowdSec First Seen. CrowdSec observes in-the-wild exploitation of CVE-2024-2782 for the first time.

## References

- https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2024/CVE-2024-2782.yaml

## Live exploitation data

The [Live Exploit Tracker page](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/cves/CVE-2024-2782) follows observed exploitation activity for CVE-2024-2782. [Request an API key](https://tracker.crowdsec.net/request-api-key) for full access to its exploitation timeline, attacking IP addresses and blocklists.