Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessIdentify site running vulnerable Forminator ≤1.58.0
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ExploitSend crafted request to unprotected endpoint
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ExecutionBypass missing authorization check
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ImpactAccess restricted form data
Vulnerability Assessment
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CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Authorization checks on every request
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Exploitation Conditions | Requires a target running WPMU DEV Forminator from an unspecified early version through 1.58.0, reachable over the network (HTTP). The CVSS vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) indicates no authentication, no user interaction, and no special attack complexity are needed against an affected installation. The input does not name the exact vulnerable endpoint, form feature, or configuration, so the precise prerequisite cannot be stated beyond 'plugin installed and active at an affected version'; the title 'Broken Access Control' combined with PR:N suggests an access-control check is missing on an otherwise reachable request. Limiting factors: impact is confined to low confidentiality disclosure (I:N/A:N), so exploitation exposes data but does not directly modify the site or cause outages; sites on a patched release above 1.58.0 are not affected. |
| Impact | This is a medium-severity (CVSS 5.3) missing authorization flaw (CWE-862) in the WPMU DEV Forminator WordPress plugin. The CVSS vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N indicates a network-reachable, low-complexity attack requiring no privileges and no user interaction, but with only low confidentiality impact and NO integrity or availability impact - consistent with a broken-access-control issue that exposes data rather than enabling takeover. No EPSS score was provided in the input, so the empirical exploitation probability cannot be stated. KEV status is not present (not CISA-listed), and no POC/exploit-code signal is included in the data, so there is no confirmed active exploitation or public exploit. No SSVC decision data was supplied. Overall this reads as a genuine but moderate priority: the unauthenticated network vector lowers the exploitation barrier, yet the limited (confidentiality-only, low) impact and absence of KEV/EPSS/POC signals argue against treating it as an emergency. Note a mild tension - the vendor-assigned vector claims PR:N (unauthenticated) while the title is 'Broken Access Control'; verify with the Patchstack advisory whether some endpoints still require a logged-in subscriber-level session. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote, unauthenticated attacker sends crafted HTTP requests to a Forminator AJAX/REST endpoint that fails to enforce an authorization check, retrieving or acting on data they should not be able to reach. Because the CVSS vector is AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N, no credentials, no special timing, and no victim interaction are needed. No public proof-of-concept exploit is identified in the provided data. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 12, 2026
Missing authorization in the WPMU DEV Forminator WordPress plugin (versions up to and including 1.58.0) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to reach functionality that should be gated by an access-control check, resulting in low-impact but unauthenticated disclosure of site data. The assessed vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N indicates no credentials, no user interaction and no special complexity are needed against an affected installation, though the impact is confined to confidentiality (no integrity or availability loss). No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis, and no EPSS score was supplied with the source data, so the practical risk is medium and primarily affects sites still running 1.58.0 or earlier.
RemediationAI
No vendor-released patch version is confirmed in the provided data - no fixed version, patch reference, GitHub commit, or PR is listed, so the status is 'no vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis' and the safest action is to update Forminator to the newest release above 1.58.0 as soon as WPMU DEV publishes it, tracking the Patchstack advisory (https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/forminator/vulnerability/wordpress-forminator-plugin-1-58-0-broken-access-control-vulnerability?_s_id=cve) for the fixed-version announcement. Because the vulnerable endpoint is not named, targeted mitigation is difficult; the most effective compensating control is to deactivate the Forminator plugin entirely until a patched build is installed, with the trade-off that all published forms, quizzes, polls and their submission handling stop working on the site. If the plugin must stay active, place a WAF or reverse-proxy rule in front of the site that rate-limits and challenges unauthenticated requests routed through admin-ajax.php and the /wp-json/ REST namespace for Forminator-specific actions, accepting the risk that legitimate anonymous form submissions may be throttled or blocked. Additionally, since the impact is limited to low confidentiality disclosure (I:N/A:N per the assessed vector), audit whether Forminator stores sensitive submission data and minimize what anonymous visitors can query; do not rely on 'defense in depth' generically - any control chosen must either remove the plugin from the request path or restrict who can reach it.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
Forminator is a WordPress form-builder plugin (contact forms, quizzes, polls, payment and registration forms) from WPMU DEV, exposed through WordPress's AJAX (admin-ajax.php) and REST API surfaces. The flaw is CWE-862 (Missing Authorization): a code path handling a request performs no capability, nonce, or permission check before returning data, so a request that is trivially reachable over HTTP is treated as legitimate. The CVSS vector's PR:N plus the reported 'Authentication Bypass / Broken Access Control' tagging indicates the missing check sits on an endpoint callable without a logged-in session, while the CPE string cpe:2.3:a:wpmu_dev:forminator:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* uses a version wildcard, matching every release from an unspecified early version through 1.58.0. The specific endpoint, form feature, or configuration that must be present is not named in the supplied data, so the precondition can only be stated as 'plugin installed and active at an affected version, reachable over the network'.
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AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Network-reachable missing-authorization flaw exploitable without privileges or interaction (PR:N/UI:N); impact limited to low confidentiality data exposure with no integrity or availability effect.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Missing Authorization vulnerability in WPMU DEV Forminator forminator allows Exploiting Incorrectly Configured Access Control Security Levels.This issue affects Forminator: from n/a through 1.58.0.
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Attack Technique
Authentication bypass attacks exploit flaws in the verification mechanisms that control access to systems and applications.
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