Privilege escalation via unauthorized form updates
Published Oct 26, 2024 · Updated Apr 8, 2026
Missing authorization in Forminator 1.35.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to create or modify forms. The published record does not identify the affected function; it states that the form creation and update path lacks a capability check. Contributor-level access plus permissions granted by an Administrator is required, and changing a registration form's default role to Administrator enables privilege escalation.
Summary
What happened
Missing authorization in Forminator 1.35.1 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to create or modify forms. The published record does not identify the affected function; it states that the form creation and update path lacks a capability check. Contributor-level access plus permissions granted by an Administrator is required, and changing a registration form's default role to Administrator enables privilege escalation.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-10402
- Published
- Oct 26, 2024
- Updated
- Apr 8, 2026
- Vendor
- WPMU DEV
- Product
- Forminator
- Classifications
- CWE-862, T1098
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Oct 26, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 8, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.35.1
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