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Formidable Forms EUVDEUVD-2026-107084

| CVE-2026-85642 HIGH
Uncontrolled Resource Consumption (CWE-400)
2026-10-21 WPScan GHSA-4w7f-p9m2-jxgx
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: WPScan
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Reach plugin payment-verification endpoint
  2. Delivery
    Send unauthenticated verification requests
  3. Exploit
    Record rate-limit timestamps as attacker
  4. Execution
    Exhaust 24-hour daily allowance
  5. Impact
    Legitimate verifications refused

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V2 - Validation and Business Logic Resource consumption limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Impact

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the target WordPress site to run Formidable Forms 6.5-6.x with a payment gateway configured such that the plugin's rate-limited payment-verification feature is active - sites not processing payments through Formidable Forms are not affected. Given the condition is met, no further prerequisites apply: the verification endpoint records the rate-limit timestamp without authenticating the caller (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N), so any remote unauthenticated attacker can trigger it against default configurations. The principal limiting factor is therefore deployment-specific (payment processing must be enabled), not an authentication or user-interaction barrier; impact is further limited to a 24-hour denial of the verification function rather than full site outage.

Impact

This is a genuine but bounded availability issue, not a critical system-compromise flaw. The provided CVSS 3.1 vector (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H, base 7.5) correctly reflects remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity exploitation with no user interaction, but the A:H rating overstates impact: the defect (CWE-400, uncontrolled resource consumption) only disables payment-gateway verification for 24 hours, not the whole site, so a partial-availability (A:L) view is more honest. Confidence/integrity are untouched (C:N/I:N). Exploitation status is 'publicly available exploit code exists' - a POC is published by WPScan, but there is no CISA KEV listing and no EPSS score in the input, so there is NO evidence of active or widespread exploitation; POC availability must not be conflated with in-the-wild use. No SSVC data was provided. Net: prioritize for sites that actually process payments through Formidable Forms, but treat it below any flaw affecting confidentiality or integrity. EPSS is absent, so probabilistic exploitation likelihood cannot be stated.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker with no account and no user interaction sends repeated unauthenticated requests to the Formidable Forms payment-gateway verification endpoint, which records rate-limit timestamps without verifying the caller's identity. By exhausting the daily verification allowance, the attacker causes all legitimate payment-verification attempts to be refused for the next 24 hours. A public POC exists (WPScan), and the low attack complexity (AC:L) means the abuse requires only crafted HTTP requests.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
Patch available 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 21, 2026

Unauthenticated remote attackers can exhaust the daily rate-limit allowance for payment gateway verification in the Formidable Forms WordPress plugin on sites running versions 6.5 through 6.x with a payment gateway configured, causing legitimate verification attempts to be refused for up to 24 hours. The plugin records the rate-limit timestamp without verifying the caller's identity, so the issue is a bounded availability impact against the verification function rather than a full site outage or system compromise. Publicly available exploit code exists, a vendor patch is available in version 7.0, and the independently assessed impact is availability-only.

RemediationAI

Upgrade the Formidable Forms WordPress plugin to version 7.0 or later, the vendor-released fix for versions before 7.0. If immediate upgrade is not possible, disable Formidable Forms payment processing or the payment gateway verification feature until patched; this removes the attack surface but stops legitimate payment verification. As a compensating control, restrict access to the plugin's payment-verification endpoint to known payment-processor IP ranges via web server or WAF rules, accepting the trade-off that processor IP changes can break legitimate callbacks, and monitor for repeated unauthenticated verification requests. Vendor advisory: https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6bdc69fa-7db1-4790-9147-30ebd03580b0/.

Affected VersionsENISA

Formidable Forms 6.5 <7.0

Affected Packages

euvd formidable_forms fix: 7.0

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Formidable Forms is a WordPress plugin that can process payments through configured gateways and uses a daily rate-limit timestamp to control payment gateway verification requests. The root cause is an uncontrolled resource consumption weakness (CWE-400): the plugin does not verify the identity of the caller before recording the timestamp used for rate limiting, so an unauthenticated remote request can consume the finite daily allowance. The affected CPE is cpe:2.3:a:unknown:formidable_forms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* with EUVD listing Formidable Forms 6.5 <7.0; the CPE vendor field is unknown, but the affected product is Formidable Forms. Exploitation requires the WordPress site to run Formidable Forms 6.5-6.x with a payment gateway configured and the plugin's rate-limited payment-verification feature active; sites not processing payments through Formidable Forms are not affected.

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Severity by source

Vendor (WPScan) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
vuln.today AI 5.3 MEDIUM

Remote unauthenticated and low-complexity (AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N) matches the input, but availability loss is partial - only payment verification is denied for 24h - so A:L rather than A:H, with C:N/I:N.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (WPScan).

CVSS VectorVendor: WPScan

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

4
CVSS changed
Oct 21, 2026 - 11:22 NVD
7.5 (HIGH)
Patch available
Oct 21, 2026 - 07:01 EUVD
CVE Published
Oct 21, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
HIGH 7.5
CVE Published
Oct 21, 2026 - 06:00 cve.org
UNKNOWN (no severity yet)

DescriptionCVE.org

The Formidable Forms WordPress plugin before 7.0 does not verify the identity of the caller before recording the timestamp it uses to rate limit payment gateway verification requests, allowing unauthenticated attackers to consume the daily allowance and cause legitimate verification attempts to be refused for the next 24 hours.

Technical POC Analysis

CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption) - specifically, exhaustion of a bounded, per-day rate-limit allowance rather than memory or CPU.

Full technical POC analysis - root cause, step-by-step exploitation and patch breakdown - is part of the Pro and Business plans.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

Formidable Forms versions 6.5 through 6.x with a configured payment gateway can have their daily verification rate limit exhausted by remote requests, causing legitimate payment verifications to be refused for up to 24 hours. This is a bounded availability issue affecting payment confirmation workflows on affected WordPress sites, not a site compromise or data breach. Publicly available exploit code exists, so leadership should prioritize patching because repeated verification refusals could disrupt revenue and customer trust even though the blast radius is limited.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

Apply vendor patch (Formidable Forms 7.0); until upgraded, monitor payment gateway verification failures and consider temporary rate-limit or fallback verification adjustments.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 96% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress form plugin, but DoS only affects payment-enabled sites
Exploit
POC
Public exploit code exists
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity HIGH
CISA KEV No
Public POC Yes
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available Yes
Active threat No
Deciding rule
HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
Yes
Human Impact
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

58
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +38
PoC: +20
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Denial of Service attacks render applications or systems unavailable by overwhelming resources or triggering failure conditions.

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