# Convert Forms (com_convertforms) below 4.4.10 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (RCE), Reflected XSS and Authenticated SQL Injection

[Joomla Vulnerability Database](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/)/CVE-2024-40744

CVE-2024-40744CriticalCVSS 9.8CVE published 4 December 2024

# 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).

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## Is my site affected?

- **Affected** - Convert Forms before 4.4.10
- **Fixed in** - 4.4.10
- **What to do** - Update Convert Forms to 4.4.10 for this flaw, or to 5.2.5 or later, which no rule we check matches.

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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-ADP

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

### How 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

## Timeline

1.  4 December 2024CVE-2024-40744 record published by its CNA

## Rule details

[CVE-2024-40744](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2024-40744/)[CVE-2024-40745](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2024-40745/)[CVE-2025-22212](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2025-22212/)

[Convert Forms](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/convertforms/)

Affected versions: < 4.4.10

Full advisory: [nvd.nist.gov](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22212)

## Other vulnerabilities in Convert Forms

Updating for CVE-2024-40744 alone can leave a site on a release another rule still matches. These are the other flaws we check for in the same extension.

### [Convert Forms](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/convertforms/)

Latest safe version: 5.2.5

-   [CVE-2026-65758](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2026-65758/) High, from 4.4.10 up to but not including 4.4.16
-   [CVE-2024-40745](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2024-40745/) before 4.4.10
-   [CVE-2025-22212](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2025-22212/) before 4.4.10
-   [CVE-2026-77026](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2026-77026/) from 5.2.3 up to but not including 5.2.5

## References

-   [CVE-2024-40744 on cve.org (the official CVE record)](https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-40744)
-   [CVE-2024-40744 in the NIST National Vulnerability Database](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-40744)
-   [nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22212](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-22212)

## CVE-2024-40744 questions

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Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-40744?

[CVE-2024-40744](https://mysites.guru/vulnerabilities/CVE-2024-40744/) affects Convert Forms before 4.4.10. The fix is in 4.4.10.

How do I fix CVE-2024-40744?

Update Convert Forms to 4.4.10 for this flaw, or to 5.2.5 or later, which no rule we check matches. Then confirm the installed version on the Joomla administrator's Extensions: Manage screen.

How severe is CVE-2024-40744?

CISA-ADP scores it 9.8 (Critical) under CVSS 3.1. In plain terms: reachable across the internet, no account needed and nobody has to be tricked into anything.

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Rules current as of 14 October 2026.