---
title: "CVE-2026-85642: Formidable Forms - Authentication Bypass"
description: "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."
url: https://panop.io/threat-heartbeat/CVE-2026-85642/
---

# 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

[View the NVD record ↗](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85642)

## 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](https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/400.html)

## 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

- [https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85642](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-85642)
- [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6bdc69fa-7db1-4790-9147-30ebd03580b0/](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6bdc69fa-7db1-4790-9147-30ebd03580b0/)

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- Whether you run the affected software, and where
- Whether an attacker can actually reach and exploit it
- The misconfigurations that never get a CVE number
- What it would cost the business, ranked into what to fix first

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