CVE-2026-85642 json
Formidable Forms 6.5 - 6.35 - Unauthenticated Payment Gateway Connect Verification DoS
published 2026-10-21 19 d ago modified 2026-10-21 18 d ago also EUVD-2026-107084
- cvss
- 7.5
- version 3.1, CNA
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.4%
- EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 33%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
The Formidable Forms WordPress plugin before 7.0 does not verify the identity of the caller before recording the timestamp it uses to rate limit payment gateway verification requests, allowing unauthenticated attackers to consume the daily allowance and cause legitimate verification attempts to be refused for the next 24 hours.
Patch / fix
- Unknown Formidable Forms 7.0
CISA SSVC
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- yes
- Technical impact
- partial
- Assessed
- 18 d ago
Exploit prediction
0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 33% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Exploits and checks
- wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6bdc69fa-7db1-4790-9147-30ebd03580b0/ referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA ADP | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| CNA | 3.1 | 7.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Affected products
- Unknown Formidable Forms
Classification
- Weakness
-
- CWE-400 Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
- Technology feeds
References
-
wpscan.com
/vulnerability/6bdc69fa-7db1-4790-9147-30ebd03580b0/
exploit, vdb-entry, technical-description
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2026-85642
- NVD CVE-2026-85642
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