CVE-2023-4596
The Forminator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to file type validation occurring after a file has been uploaded to the server in the upload_post_image() function in versions up to, and including, 1.24.6.
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.3%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The Forminator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to arbitrary file uploads due to file type validation occurring after a file has been uploaded to the server in the upload_post_image() function in versions up to, and including, 1.24.6. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to upload arbitrary files on the affected site's server which may make remote code execution possible.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 14.32% probability · 97th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-434
- Affected
- incsub/forminator
- Source
- security@wordfence.com
EPSS 14.3% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2954409/forminator/trunk/library/fields/postdata.phpPatch
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51664Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9cd87da6-1f4c-4a15-8ebb-6e0f8ef72513?source=cveThird Party Advisory
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2954409/forminator/trunk/library/fields/postdata.phpPatch
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51664Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/9cd87da6-1f4c-4a15-8ebb-6e0f8ef72513?source=cveThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.