Formidable Form BuilderWordPress extension · Strategy11
CVE-2023-24419
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Strategy11 Form Builder Team Formidable Forms plugin <= 5.5.6 versions.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceCross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in the Formidable Forms WordPress plugin (versions <= 5.5.6) allows attackers to trick authenticated users into performing unintended actions by sending malicious requests. The lack of proper anti-CSRF token validation on sensitive operations enables attackers to execute commands on behalf of legitimate users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data
Formidable Form BuilderWordPress extension
< 5.5.7CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Locate the Formidable Forms plugin versionIn WordPress admin, go to Plugins > Installed Plugins and find the Strategy11 Formidable Form Builder plugin. The version number is displayed below the plugin name.Affected if The version listed is 5.5.6 or lower (any version < 5.5.7)
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Verify version via plugins directoryCheck the wp-content/plugins/formidable folder for a readme.txt or plugin header file containing the version number, or query the WordPress database wp_options table for the option_name containing 'formidable' and 'version'.Affected if The retrieved version number is less than 5.5.7
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Confirm plugin is activeIn WordPress admin under Plugins > Installed Plugins, verify that Formidable Forms shows as 'Active' rather than 'Inactive' or 'Must Use'.Affected if The plugin is active and version is < 5.5.7
You are affected if the Formidable Forms plugin is installed and active with any version prior to 5.5.7, as the vulnerable code lacking proper anti-CSRF token validation is present in those versions.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
dbcve · scoped5.5.7
Update Formidable Forms plugin to a version newer than 5.5.6 which should contain proper anti-CSRF token validation. Until then, consider disabling the plugin or implementing additional server-side CSRF protections.
5.5.7 or later
- Backup your WordPress site and database before updating
- Navigate to Dashboard > Updates in WordPress admin, or go to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Locate 'Formidable Forms' in the plugins list
- Click 'Update Now' to upgrade to version 5.5.7 or later
- Alternatively, download version 5.5.7 from wordpress.org and upload via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
- Verify the update was successful by checking the plugin version in Plugins > Installed Plugins
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
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Scoped from the published advisory
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- Implementation12.0 h
- Testing6.0 h
- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
Primary sourcesPractitioner notes
ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2023-24419 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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