CVE-2026-101335 (GCVE-0-2026-101335)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-16 04:26 – Updated: 2026-10-16 15:09
VLAI
Title
Forminator Forms <= 1.58.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution via 'User-Agent' Header and 'referer_url' Parameter via Quiz Notification Merge Tags
Summary
The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Arbitrary Shortcode Execution in versions up to, and including, 1.58.1. This is due to the forminator_replace_quiz_form_data() helper invoking do_shortcode() on the fully expanded notification body once the {quiz_result} merge tag has been substituted, while the earlier-substituted {user_agent} and {refer_url} merge tags carry unauthenticated attacker-controlled bytes (the User-Agent header and the referer_url POST parameter) through sanitize_text_field()/esc_html(), neither of which strip the '[' and ']' shortcode delimiters. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary WordPress shortcodes registered on the site by submitting a quiz whose notification template contains {quiz_result}; the resulting impact depends on the shortcodes exposed by other installed plugins/themes and can range from arbitrary content injection to information disclosure.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-16 14:51 UTC
CWE
  • CWE-94 - Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')
Assigner
Wordfence CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard C 65/100 over 2304 records in the last 180 days details
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
wpmudev Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder Affected: 0 , ≤ 1.58.1 (semver)
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Credits
Theklis Jakub Herman
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