CVE-2026-15897CWE-269privilege-escalation

CVE-2026-15897

High · published October 2, 2026

CVSS v3.1
8.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
21.9
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

The Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Privilege Escalation in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.316. This is due to the Register & Login add-on's before_email_success_msg() function, in its register_login_action='update' flow, trusting an attacker-supplied user_id value and passing it to wp_update_user() without any ownership or capability check. Because the super_save_form AJAX action also enforces no capability check, any authenticated user with Subscriber-level access and above can create the required malicious form (register_login_action='update' with register_login_user_id_update='true') and then submit it with user_id set to an administrator's ID along with a new user_pass/user_email. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with Subscriber-level access and above to overwrite the credentials of arbitrary existing accounts — including administrators — resulting in account takeover and full site compromise.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00303 · 21.9th percentile
Weakness
CWE-269 · Improper Privilege Management
Published
2026-10-02T10:16Z
References (2)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 03 OCT 03:42Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 02 OCT 05:30Z
    Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder <= 6.3.316 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Privilege Escalation via 'user_id' Parameter in Register & Login
    cvelistv5