Missing authorization in wpmudev Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom…
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-862.
Summary
The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access due to a missing capability check on a function in all versions up to, and including, 1.35.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, and permissions granted by an Administrator, to create new or edit existing forms, including updating the default registration role to Administrator on User Registration forms.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2024-10402
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-3x48-c5fq-3p9x
References
More wpmudev Forminator Forms vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-06535 Forminator < 1.38.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2024-08997 Authorization bypass in wpmudev Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
- TI-2025-04796 Cross-site scripting in wpmudev Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom… CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2025-03065 Forminator <= 1.42.0 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'limit' CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2025-00386 Forminator <= 1.39.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.4
- TI-2025-00387 Forminator <= 1.38.2 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via Title Parameter CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2024-10402 · CVE Program
- CVE-2024-10402 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-3x48-c5fq-3p9x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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