CVE-2026-85642

Formidable Forms 6.5 - 6.35 - Unauthenticated Payment Gateway Connect Verification DoS

HIGH
7.5
CVSS Score
Published: October 21, 2026 at 06:00 AM UTC
Updated: October 21, 2026 at 06:37 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFormidable Forms

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Severity
HIGH7.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
SSVC
No known exploit

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.5

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

ExploitVDB EntryTechnical Description
Source: cverecord
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6bdc69fa-7db1-4790-9147-30ebd03580b0/

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitAutomatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

7.5HIGHCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-400

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