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CVE-2026-39782: WordPress Kali Forms plugin <= 2.4.27 - Broken Access Control vulnerability

MediumCVSS 5.3 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 21/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.25% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Kaliforms Kali Forms 2.4.28.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Kaliforms Kali Forms 2.4.28 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

Missing Authorization vulnerability in Kaliforms Kali Forms kali-forms allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Kali Forms: from n/a through 2.4.27.

Published
Oct 29, 2026
Updated
Oct 29, 2026
EPSS
0.2% · 17th percentile

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Action score

21

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
21 / 40 · 5.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.2%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Patchstack
5.3
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.

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Versions reported by the vendor

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  • Kaliforms Kali Forms

    • up to and including 2.4.27affectedfixed in 2.4.28

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2020-36717Kali Forms <= 2.1.1 - Cross-Site Request Forgery
    35Monitor
  • CVE-2024-22305WordPress Contact Form builder with drag & drop - Kali Forms Plugin <= 2.3.36 is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object References (IDOR)
    32Monitor
  • CVE-2020-36720Kali Forms <= 2.1.1 - Missing Authorization to Settings Update
    28Monitor

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-42703Oct 29, 2026 · WordPress Kali Forms plugin <= 2.4.27 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    26Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2026-48196Oct 29, 2026 · WordPress Kali Forms plugin <= 2.4.27 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
    26Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2026-125448Nov 11, 2026 · WordPress Kali Forms plugin <= 2.4.31 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    21Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Kaliforms Kali Forms2.4.28Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

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Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

  1. Published
  2. Fix recordedsame day
  3. TodayNov 13, 2026+15 d
EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

  • CVE-2026-427030 days apartWordPress Kali Forms plugin <= 2.4.27 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    26Monitor
  • CVE-2026-12544813 days apartWordPress Kali Forms plugin <= 2.4.31 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
    21Monitor

Not on record for this CVE: patch commit or PR link · public bounty program.

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
low · data can be read
Integrity
none
Availability
none
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
Low
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
None

Weakness class (CWE)

CWE-862 · Missing Authorization

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

nvd-secondary

Attack context

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Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Exploit maturity— → none
  3. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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