Forminator <= 1.22.1 — Missing Authorization on 'load_recaptcha_preview' AJAX function
718e54f5-f040-42d6-958d-255d905615d5Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.22.1Update to 1.23.3 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- Medium4.3
- CVSS
- 4.3CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:NWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:LConfidentiality- Low
I:NIntegrity- None
A:NAvailability- None
- Weakness
- CWE-862 Missing Authorization
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder forminator
- Affected≤ 1.22.1
- Patched in1.23.3
Update to 1.23.3 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.22.1. Version 1.23.3 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.23.3, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence.
The Forminator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to missing authorization due to a missing capability check on the 'load_recaptcha_preview' AJAX function in versions up to, and including, 1.22.1. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level permissions and above, to preview recaptcha functionality.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity medium, CVSS 4.3
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. [object Object] Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
- CVSS / CWE
- National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.
- VulnCrest content
- Summary, remediation guidance and page layout © VulnCrest. Not sourced from NVD.