CVE-2024-50428: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

A Missing Authorization vulnerability was discovered in Mondula GmbH's Multi Step Form WordPress plugin affecting versions through 1.7.21. The vulnerability was disclosed on October 24, 2024, and was assigned CVE-2024-50428. This security issue allows exploiting incorrectly configured access control security levels (Patchstack).

The vulnerability is classified as a Broken Access Control issue (CWE-862) with a CVSS v3.1 base score of 9.8 CRITICAL according to NVD, though Patchstack rates it as MEDIUM with a score of 4.3. The vulnerability stems from missing authorization, authentication, or nonce token checks in certain functions, potentially allowing unprivileged users to execute higher privileged actions (Patchstack).

The security issue has been assessed as having a low severity impact and is considered unlikely to be exploited, despite its high CVSS score. The specific impact varies case by case due to the nature of broken access control vulnerabilities (Patchstack).

The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.7.22 of the Multi Step Form plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.7.22 or later to remove the vulnerability. Patchstack users have the option to enable auto-update for vulnerable plugins (Patchstack).