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title: "CVE-2026-15897: Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder - Privilege Escalation"
description: "Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder WordPress plugin <= 6.3.316 contains a privilege escalation caused by lack of ownership and capability checks in Register & Login add-on's before_email_success_msg() and super_save_form AJAX action, letting authenticated users with Subscriber-level access overwrite credentials of arbitrary accounts including administrators, exploit requires authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or higher."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-15897/
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# CVE-2026-15897 Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder - Privilege Escalation

Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder WordPress plugin <= 6.3.316 contains a privilege escalation caused by lack of ownership and capability checks in Register & Login add-on's before\_email\_success\_msg() and super\_save\_form AJAX action, letting authenticated users with Subscriber-level access overwrite credentials of arbitrary accounts including administrators, exploit requires authenticated user with Subscriber-level access or higher.

CVSS base score 8.8 /10

High

CISA KEV

Not listed

Public exploit

None known

Authentication

Required

EPSS

0.30% chance of exploitation in 30 days

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15897)

## Details

Type

Privilege Escalation

Impact

Privilege Escalation

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Published

2 October 2026

Updated

15 October 2026

Weakness

[CWE-269](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/269.html)

## Vendor fix

Update to the latest version beyond 6.3.316.

Patching closes this CVE. It does not tell you which of your systems run the affected version, or what else is exposed alongside them.

## References

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15897](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-15897)
- [https://github.com/RensTillmann/super-forms/pull/205](https://github.com/RensTillmann/super-forms/pull/205)
- [https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94297481-9ebb-42cb-9362-be8bc52b126f?source=cve](https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/94297481-9ebb-42cb-9362-be8bc52b126f?source=cve)

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