Affected versions: < 4.4.10
Full advisory: nvd.nist.gov
CVE-2024-40744CriticalCVSS 9.8
Convert Forms (com_convertforms) below 4.4.10 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (RCE), Reflected XSS and Authenticated SQL Injection
Convert Forms by Tassos Marinos. CVE-2024-40744 (unauthenticated arbitrary file upload leading to RCE, fixed in 4.4.8), CVE-2024-40745 (reflected XSS, fixed in 4.4.8) and CVE-2025-22212 (authenticated SQL injection in the submission management area, affects 1.0.0-4.4.9). Update to 4.4.10 or later (current line is 5.x).
Affected versions: < 4.4.10
Official record: cve.org · NVD
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How CVE-2024-40744 is scored
The base metrics as CISA-ADP published them, and what each one means for a site running an affected version. Threat and environmental metrics are left out: they describe a moment or a particular install rather than the flaw.
9.8 Critical
CVSS 3.1, scored by CISA-ADPCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HHow it is reached
- AV:N Attack vector
- Network. Reachable across the internet
- AC:L Attack complexity
- Low. Nothing to work around, it just works
- PR:N Privileges required
- None. No account needed
- UI:N User interaction
- None. Nobody has to be tricked into anything
- S:U Scope
- Unchanged. Contained to the extension it is in
What it does
- C:H Confidentiality
- High. Everything the site holds can be read
- I:H Integrity
- High. Data and files can be altered at will
- A:H Availability
- High. The site can be taken down
Affected extensions and versions
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Rules current as of 27 September 2026.