Kali Forms Plugin up to 2.4.16 on WordPress file-upload unrestricted upload

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A vulnerability was found in Kali Forms Plugin up to 2.4.16. It has been rated as critical. Impacted is an unknown function. Performing a manipulation of the argument file-upload results in unrestricted upload. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-11579. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Kali Forms Plugin up to 2.4.16. This affects an unknown function. The manipulation of the argument file-upload with an unknown input leads to a unrestricted upload vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-434. The product allows the attacker to upload or transfer files of dangerous types that can be automatically processed within the product's environment. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Kali Forms — Contact Form & Drag-and-Drop Builder WordPress plugin before 2.4.17 does not verify that a file upload is made against an existing form configured with a file-upload field, accepting uploads regardless of whether any such form exists, which allows unauthenticated users to upload files to the WordPress Media Library; the uploads are limited to WordPress's default-allowed MIME types, so this does not lead to code execution.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-11579 since 06/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1608.002 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.4.17 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-44592). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Kali Forms Plugin

Version

• 2.4.0
• 2.4.1
• 2.4.2
• 2.4.3
• 2.4.4
• 2.4.5
• 2.4.6
• 2.4.7
• 2.4.8
• 2.4.9
• 2.4.10
• 2.4.11
• 2.4.12
• 2.4.13
• 2.4.14
• 2.4.15
• 2.4.16

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