Arforms Form BuilderWordPress extension · Reputeinfosystems
CVE-2024-31272
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 Repute InfoSystems ARForms Form Builder.This issue affects ARForms Form Builder: from n/a through 1.6.1.
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 ARForms Form Builder plugin that could allow attackers to perform unauthorized actions on behalf of authenticated users by tricking them into submitting malicious requests.
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
Arforms Form BuilderWordPress extension
< 1.6.2CVSS 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
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- Low
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
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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Identify installed version of ARForms Form BuilderLocate the ARForms plugin files in your WordPress installation and check the plugin version header in the main plugin file or readme.txtAffected if The installed version is below 1.6.2
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Inspect form submissions for anti-CSRF tokensExamine the HTML source of any created forms or use browser developer tools to inspect form elements and AJAX requests generated by the plugin; look for nonce fields or tokens in state-changing operations (form submissions, settings changes, entry deletions)Affected if State-changing forms or AJAX actions lack nonce or token verification fields
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Verify server-side request origin validationReview plugin PHP source code to determine if $_SERVER['HTTP_ORIGIN'] or $_SERVER['HTTP_REFERER'] headers are validated before processing form submissionsAffected if No server-side validation of Origin or Referer headers is performed on form submissions
You are affected if ARForms Form Builder version is below 1.6.2 AND forms/submissions lack anti-CSRF token protection AND the plugin does not validate Origin/Referer headers server-side
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 · scoped1.6.2
Implement anti-CSRF tokens (nonces) for all state-changing operations and validate Origin/Referer headers server-side; verify the fix with the vendor patch when available.
1.6.2
- Log in to the WordPress admin dashboard where ARForms Form Builder is installed
- Navigate to Plugins > Installed Plugins
- Find ARForms Form Builder in the plugin list
- Check if an update to version 1.6.2 is available; if not, verify current version is below 1.6.2
- If update available, click 'Update Now' to install version 1.6.2
- If no update shown, manually download version 1.6.2 from the official WordPress repository or vendor and upload via Plugins > Add New > Upload Plugin
- After upgrade, verify the plugin is running version 1.6.2 under Plugins > Installed Plugins
Generated from the published advisory — verify against the referenced sources before acting.
Fix this in Arforms Form Builder
Scoped from the published advisory
- Consultation3.0 h
- Implementation6.0 h
- Testing3.0 h
- Review / QA2.0 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.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2024-31272 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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