Arbitrary file upload in The Innovative Form Builder IvyForms plugin
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-434.
Summary
The Innovative Form Builder IvyForms plugin for WordPress is affected up to and including 1.5.1. A missing denylist for dangerous extensions and a filter that overrides WordPress's file type checks allow unrestricted uploads of dangerous file types (CWE-434). An authenticated attacker with the add_edit_forms capability can configure a File Upload field to accept php files, and then any unauthenticated visitor can upload such a file through the public submission REST route, which can make remote code execution possible.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Description from the CNA
The The Innovative Form Builder – IvyForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary File Upload in all versions up to, and including, 1.5.1 via the filterFiletypeAndExt function. This is due to insufficient file type validation due to the absence of a dangerous-extension denylist in the allowed-extensions sanitizer and deliberate override of WordPress's native MIME and extension defences via a registered wp_check_filetype_and_ext filter. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with custom-level access and above, to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible. An authenticated attacker with the custom add_edit_forms capability must first configure a File Upload field with a dangerous extension (e.g., php) in the allowed-extensions list; once that form is published, any unauthenticated visitor can trigger the actual file upload via the publicly accessible /wp-json/ivyforms/v1/form/submission/ REST route.
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
The sources list no fixed version for The Innovative Form Builder IvyForms.
Written with Claude Haiku 5.5 from the sources below · 2026-10-29
Timeline
- 2026-10-28 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-109384
- 2026-10-28 Alias added: GHSA-qrwx-hpgq-g68q
- 2026-10-28 Priority changed: MEDIUM → LOW
- 2026-10-29 CISA SSVC decision points changed
- 2026-10-29 Priority changed: LOW → MEDIUM
References
Other 7
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52ca2269-a7f4-477c-bacd-0321ad09e679?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ivyforms/tags/1.5.1/backend/src/Services/Submission/SubmissionUploadFiletypeFilter.php#L68
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ivyforms/tags/1.5.1/backend/src/Services/Submission/SubmissionUploadFilePersister.php#L126
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ivyforms/tags/1.5.1/backend/src/Services/Submission/SubmissionUploadFileValidator.php#L127
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ivyforms/tags/1.5.1/backend/src/Common/Sanitizer/Sanitizer.php#L839
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ivyforms/tags/1.5.1/backend/src/Routes/Form/Form.php#L246
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3757861%40ivyforms&new=3757861%40ivyforms
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Sources
- CVE-2026-109384 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-109384 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qrwx-hpgq-g68q · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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