Forminator Forms Plugin up to 1.57.1 on WordPress Role Validation privileges management

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in Forminator Forms Plugin. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Role Validation. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2026-87068. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Forminator Forms Plugin. This affects some unknown functionality of the component Role Validation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The Forminator Forms WordPress plugin before 1.57.2.1 does not apply the role validation it enforces elsewhere when a registration form is nested inside an imported quiz, allowing a user who may import quizzes to publish a live, publicly reachable form that grants any role, including administrator, to anyone who submits it. The same user is refused an identical form through both the ordinary form editor and the ordinary form import.

The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2026-87068 since 09/08/2026. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.57.2.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Forminator Forms Plugin

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• 1.38.3
• 1.39.2
• 1.51.1
• 1.57.0.5
• 1.57.0.7
• 1.57.1

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