Administrator escalation via nested quiz form import
Published Sep 20, 2026 · Updated Sep 20, 2026
Privilege escalation in WPMU DEV Forminator Forms before 1.57.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to grant Administrator access. The quiz importer accepts a nested registration lead form without applying the role validation enforced by the form editor and form importer. A user permitted to import quizzes can publish the form, after which any remote submitter can receive an arbitrary WordPress role.
Summary
What happened
Privilege escalation in WPMU DEV Forminator Forms before 1.57.2.1 allows remote authenticated users to grant Administrator access. The quiz importer accepts a nested registration lead form without applying the role validation enforced by the form editor and form importer. A user permitted to import quizzes can publish the form, after which any remote submitter can receive an arbitrary WordPress role.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2026-87068
- Published
- Sep 20, 2026
- Updated
- Sep 20, 2026
- Vendor
- WPMU DEV
- Product
- Forminator Forms
- Classifications
- CWE-269, T1136
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 20, 2026CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Sep 20, 2026Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=1.57.0 <1.57.2.1
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- WPScan technical exploit entry for CVE-2026-87068proof of concept · unverified
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