Privilege escalation in Forminator Forms

CVE-2026-19222

The Forminator Forms WordPress plugin before 1.57.0.7 does not consistently enforce the role restriction it applies to registration forms, allowing users who are permitted to build forms to configure one that assigns the administrator role to any visitor who registers through it.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published · last modified .

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.6 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.004 (27.3th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 27th percentile — 27.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2026-19222: held from 0.003 to 0.004.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.004 · change: +0.001

Affected products

  • Forminator Forms

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2026-19222?
CVE-2026-19222 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Forminator Forms, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 6.6/10. Published 2026-08-22.
How severe is CVE-2026-19222?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.6 out of 10.