CVE-2026-89435
High 8.8
Description
The Formidable Forms – WordPress Form Builder for Contact Forms, Calculators, Quizzes & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Plugin Installation in all versions up to, and including, 6.35 via the 'file_url' parameter parameter. This is due to insufficient URL prefix validation in validate_url_is_in_s3_bucket() and a permission callback that relies solely on a shared token obtainable by any user with the delegable frm_view_forms capability, without checking install_plugins or activate_plugins capabilities. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with subscriber-level access and above, to install arbitrary plugins on the server. Exploitation additionally requires that the site is free-only (Formidable Pro is NOT installed).
Metrics
- CVSS 3.1
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8.8 (HIGH)
Score source: CNA
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - EPSS — exploit probability
- 0% (percentile: 33) as of 1 November 2026
- CWE
- CWE-74
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formidable/tags/6.35/classes/control…
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formidable/tags/6.35/classes/control…
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formidable/tags/6.35/classes/control…
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formidable/tags/6.35/classes/control…
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formidable/tags/6.35/classes/helpers…
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3746820/formidable/trunk/classes/c…
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3750372%40formidable…
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/87661de6-e835-495e-9b…