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Forminator Forms EUVDEUVD-2026-114220

| CVE-2026-97638 HIGH
Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key (CWE-639)
2026-10-30 Wordfence GHSA-j4f8-pmw5-f47j
7.5
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Harvest victim draft_id from shared continue-later link
  2. Delivery
    Load form page to obtain public nonce
  3. Exploit
    Submit crafted request with attacker-controlled previous_draft_id
  4. Execution
    Delete and overwrite victim's saved draft
  5. Impact
    Hijack draft identifier with attacker data

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Object-level authorization, IDOR prevention
Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires the attacker to already possess a valid victim draft_id, which the description says may be harvested from a shared 'continue later' resume link - this is the principal limiting factor, since draft_ids are not described as arbitrarily enumerable. The vulnerable path is the 'previous_draft_id' parameter in Forminator's custom-form submission handling, which performs no ownership/validation check on this user-controlled key (CWE-639). The nonce that nominally protects the request is not a barrier because any unauthenticated visitor can obtain it simply by loading a form page. The deployment must use Forminator ≤1.57.3.1 with the save-and-continue-later/draft feature in use. No authentication is required (PR:N), but the draft_id prerequisite means this is not blind, fully arbitrary exploitation against any installation.

Impact

The NVD vector (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N, 7.5) frames this as a remote, unauthenticated, low-complexity integrity flaw, and PR:N is consistent with the description's statement that unauthenticated attackers can act. However, the NVD AC:L contrasts with the description's own precondition that the attacker must first obtain a victim's draft_id (typically harvested from a shared 'continue later' link) - that dependency is a condition largely outside the attacker's control, which in my independent assessment raises real-world complexity to AC:H and lowers the effective score to ~5.9. The 'nonce check' is not a mitigating control here because, per the description, the nonce is publicly obtainable by any unauthenticated visitor loading a form page. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or confirmed proof-of-concept is present in the input, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation; the only priority signal is the vuln.today 'this_week' label and the Wordfence report. Net: this is a genuine authorization (IDOR) weakness worth patching on a near-term schedule, but the requirement to possess a valid victim draft_id meaningfully gates mass exploitation, making it less urgent than the headline 7.5 'unauthenticated network' framing alone would suggest.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker obtains a victim's draft_id - for example from a 'continue later' resume link the victim shared or that leaked - then loads any Forminator form page to grab the publicly available nonce. Supplying that draft_id in the 'previous_draft_id' parameter of a form submission, the unauthenticated attacker deletes the victim's saved draft and overwrites that identifier with attacker-controlled data. No proof-of-concept exploit code is identified in the available sources.

This Week Schedule remediation this week. Why: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9).
No patch listed yet 0.6% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 30, 2026

Unauthenticated attackers can delete other users' saved drafts and seize their draft identifiers by abusing the 'previous_draft_id' parameter in the Forminator Forms WordPress plugin through version 1.57.3.1, letting them overwrite a victim's draft with attacker-controlled submission content. The nonce that nominally guards the request provides no barrier because any visitor can obtain it by loading a public form page; the real limiting factor is that the attacker must already know the victim's draft_id, which the advisory says may be harvested from a shared 'continue later' resume link, so this is not blind or arbitrary exploitation against every installation. No CISA KEV entry or confirmed public exploit code is available at time of analysis, though the issue is prioritized this_week and affects integrity only, with no confidentiality or availability impact under the assessed vector.

RemediationAI

Update the Forminator Forms plugin to a release the vendor confirms as fixed, following the Wordfence advisory (https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/61d065d0-d61e-4e65-99ae-eded211681ac?source=cve). Code changes relevant to the draft/submission path are visible in the 1.57.3.1 tag changeset (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3732192%40forminator%2Ftags%2F1.57.3.1&old=3700727%40forminator%2Ftags%2F1.57.3) and in trunk (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3732209/forminator/trunk/library/modules/custom-forms/front/front-action.php), but because the advisory text lists 1.57.3.1 itself as affected, confirm the corrected version with the vendor instead of assuming that tag is safe. If an immediate upgrade is not possible, disable the save-and-continue-later/draft feature so submitted 'previous_draft_id' values are not processed - the trade-off is that users lose draft resume - and treat 'continue later' links as sensitive, avoiding their publication or sharing since a leaked draft_id is the main prerequisite for exploitation; neither measure repairs the missing ownership check, so upgrading remains the complete fix per the vendor's code change.

Affected VersionsENISA

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 0 ≤1.57.3.1

Affected Packages

euvd forminator_forms_contact_form_payment_form_custom_form_builder no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

This is an IDOR (CWE-639) in Forminator's custom-forms submission handling on WordPress: the front-end action code takes the user-controlled 'previous_draft_id' value and acts on the referenced saved draft entry without verifying that the requesting visitor owns or is otherwise authorized for that draft. The referenced source in the 1.57.3 tag points at the entry model (class-form-entry-model.php around lines 429 and 3110) and the custom-forms front action (front-action.php around lines 1685 and 3662), plus the abstract front-action class (lines 127 and 196) where the request's nonce handling lives. Because the form page is publicly reachable and any unauthenticated visitor can load it and receive the nonce, the nonce check does not constrain an attacker; the practical gate is knowledge of a valid victim draft_id, since the assessment states draft_ids are not described as arbitrarily enumerable. Confirmed preconditions are a WordPress site running Forminator at or below 1.57.3.1 with the save-and-continue-later/draft feature in active use; the trigger in other deployment modes (drafts disabled, or plugin not in use) is not applicable, and no evidence describes a path that bypasses the draft_id requirement.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Wordfence) PRIMARY 7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.9 MEDIUM

Unauthenticated network request (AV:N/PR:N/UI:N) but success depends on first obtaining a victim's draft_id, a condition beyond attacker control, so AC:H; impact is overwrite/deletion of other users' drafts, hence I:H with C:N/A:N.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

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

DescriptionCVE.org

The Forminator Forms - Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Insecure Direct Object Reference in all versions up to, and including, 1.57.3.1 via the 'previous_draft_id' parameter due to missing validation on a user controlled key. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to delete arbitrary saved drafts belonging to other users and take over those draft identifiers by overwriting them with attacker-controlled form submissions. This requires the attacker to have obtained a victim's draft_id, which may be harvested from a shared "continue later" link; the nominally present nonce check is effectively bypassed because the nonce is publicly obtainable by any unauthenticated visitor loading a form page.

Executive ViewAI

Why It Matters

A high-severity vulnerability in the Forminator Forms WordPress plugin (through version 1.57.3.1) allows unauthenticated attackers to delete and overwrite users' saved form drafts if they can obtain draft identifiers, potentially compromising integrity of user-submitted data. Leadership should care because this affects customer trust and data integrity on public-facing websites, though exploitation requires specific conditions and no active attacks are currently known.

Business Impact: Medium
Compensating Controls

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis. Interim mitigations include restricting access to the 'previous_draft_id' parameter via web server rules, disabling draft-saving functionality if not essential, and monitoring for anomalous draft manipulation activity.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.6%
Top 53% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress form-builder plugin with hundreds of thousands of installs
Data Quality
4 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 No
EPSS 0.6%
Patch available No
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

39
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: +1
CVSS: +38
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

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