WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Forminator Forms < 1.57.0.7 - Authenticated Privilege Escalation via Registration Form Role Bypass

Description

The plugin 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.

Proof of Concept

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.57.0.7

References

Classification

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Thanh Lam Tang
Submitter
Thanh Lam Tang
Submitter twitter
Verified
Yes

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-08-20 (about 2 days ago)
Added
2026-08-20 (about 1 day ago)
Last Updated
2026-08-21 (about 8 hours ago)

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