CVE-2026-85642 Formidable Forms - Authentication Bypass

Formidable Forms WordPress plugin < 7.0 contains a broken authentication caused by lack of caller identity verification before recording rate limit timestamps, letting unauthenticated attackers exhaust daily verification attempts, exploit requires no authentication.

CVSS base score 7.5 /10
High
CISA KEV
Not listed
Public exploit
None known
Authentication
Not required
EPSS
0.15% chance of exploitation in 30 days
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Details

Type
Authentication Bypass
Impact
Denial Of Service
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Published
21 October 2026
Updated
22 October 2026
Weakness
CWE-400

Vendor fix

Update to version 7.0 or later.

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

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