Administrator network-wide code execution via unrestricted Hub key
Published Aug 22, 2026 · Updated Aug 22, 2026
Code injection in WPMU DEV Forminator Forms before 1.57.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute code across a multisite network. The Hub Connector API-key setting accepts network-wide changes from an ordinary site administrator without enforcing network-administrator authorization. Reachability requires WordPress Multisite and administrator access to one member site; successful abuse compromises every site in the network.
Summary
What happened
Code injection in WPMU DEV Forminator Forms before 1.57.0.5 allows remote authenticated users to execute code across a multisite network. The Hub Connector API-key setting accepts network-wide changes from an ordinary site administrator without enforcing network-administrator authorization. Reachability requires WordPress Multisite and administrator access to one member site; successful abuse compromises every site in the network.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-19221
- Published
- Aug 22, 2026
- Updated
- Aug 22, 2026
- Vendor
- WPMU DEV
- Product
- Forminator Forms
- Classifications
- CWE-94, T1068
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Aug 22, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 22, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=1.40.0 <1.57.0.5
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