Kali Forms: known security problems
20 known security problems reported for this WordPress plugin, with the affected versions, the fix and what to do.
Updated
In short
There are 20 known security problems on this page. Each one has a fixed version. Updating to version 2.4.24 or newer covers every fixed problem listed here.
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Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.4.23)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.23
- Fixed in
- 2.4.24
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.24 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-81276
- Report title
- Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder <= 2.4.23 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could run their own code on your site and take it over (up to and including 2.4.20)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.20
- Fixed in
- 2.4.21
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.21 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-16144
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.4.20 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via 'thisPermalink' Field Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.4.18)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.18
- Fixed in
- 2.4.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-65446
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.4.18 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Anyone with an account on your site, even a basic one could read or delete private files on your server
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.18
- Fixed in
- 2.4.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-59542
- Report title
- Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder <= 2.4.18 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Arbitrary File Deletion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.4.18) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.18
- Fixed in
- 2.4.19
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.19 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-15395
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.4.18 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'digitalSignature' Field Value
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.4.13)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.13
- Fixed in
- 2.4.14
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.14 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-9107
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.4.13 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'kaliforms_field_components' Parameter
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site (up to and including 2.4.16)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.16
- Fixed in
- 2.4.17
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.17 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-11580
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.4.16 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Insecure Direct Object Reference to Post Metadata Disclosure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could do things on your site they should not be allowed to
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.16
- Fixed in
- 2.4.17
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.17 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-11579
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.4.16 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Media File Upload
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.4.12)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.12
- Fixed in
- 2.4.13
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.13 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-11581
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.4.12 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could run their own code on your site and take it over (up to and including 2.4.9)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.9
- Fixed in
- 2.4.10
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.10 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-3584
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.4.9 - Unauthenticated Remote Code Execution via form_process
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could use it to harm your site (up to and including 2.4.8)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.8
- Fixed in
- 2.4.9
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.9 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2026-1860
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.4.8 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Authenticated (Contributor+) Sensitive Form Data Exposure
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone with a contributor account on your site could plant harmful code that runs for your visitors or admins (up to and including 2.4.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.4.2
- Fixed in
- 2.4.3
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.4.3 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2025-3201
- Report title
- Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms <= 2.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.3.41)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.3.41
- Fixed in
- 2.3.42
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.3.42 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1217
- Report title
- Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms <= 2.3.41 - Missing Authorization to Arbitrary Plugin Deactivation
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.3.41) (2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.3.41
- Fixed in
- 2.3.42
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.3.42 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-1218
- Report title
- Contact Form builder with drag & drop for WordPress – Kali Forms <= 2.3.41 - Missing Authorization
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.3.36
- Fixed in
- 2.3.37
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.3.37 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2024-22305
- Report title
- Contact Form builder with drag & drop - Kali Forms <= 2.3.36 - Insecure Direct Object Reference
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.3.27)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.3.27
- Fixed in
- 2.3.28
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.3.28 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-46083
- Report title
- Contact Form builder with drag & drop - Kali Forms <= 2.3.27 - Missing Authorization via Contact Form
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (up to and including 2.3.28)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Up to and including 2.3.28
- Fixed in
- 2.3.29
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.3.29 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2023-45275
- Report title
- Contact Form builder with drag & drop - Kali Forms <= 2.3.28 - Missing Authorization via get_log
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
A stranger could use it to harm your site
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.1.2
- Fixed in
- 2.1.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.1.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-36712
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.1.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Post Deletion
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could do things on your site they should not be allowed to (before 2.1.2)
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.1.2
- Fixed in
- 2.1.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.1.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-36720
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Someone could trick a logged-in admin into changing settings without knowing
A trusted security source confirmed it. If your site has an affected version, fix it this week.
- Affected versions
- Before 2.1.2
- Fixed in
- 2.1.2
- What to do
- If your site has an affected version, update Kali Forms to version 2.1.2 or newer.
- Official ID
- CVE-2020-36717
- Report title
- Kali Forms <= 2.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
- First reported
- Sources
- Wordfence, seen
Where this comes from
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