Description
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.
Published: 2026-10-21
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: n/a
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-400
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Wed, 21 Oct 2026 06:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description 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.
Title Formidable Forms 6.5 - 6.35 - Unauthenticated Payment Gateway Connect Verification DoS
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-21T10:35:02.018Z

Reserved: 2026-09-04T12:30:26.224Z

Link: CVE-2026-85642

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-21T10:16:28.407Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2026-10-21T06:16:50.190

Modified: 2026-10-21T11:17:09.050

Link: CVE-2026-85642

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