CVE-2026-85642CWE-400denial-of-service

CVE-2026-85642

High · published October 21, 2026

CVSS v3.1
7.5
EPSS
0%
Percentile
20.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.5 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00287 · 20.1th percentile
Weakness
CWE-400 · Uncontrolled Resource Consumption
Published
2026-10-21T10:16Z
References (1)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 22 OCT 03:35Z
    EPSS moved — → 0%
    epss
  • 21 OCT 06:00Z
    Formidable Forms 6.5 - 6.35 - Unauthenticated Payment Gateway Connect Verification DoS
    cvelistv5
  • 21 OCT 06:00Z
    Formidable Forms 6.5 - 6.35 - Unauthenticated Payment Gateway Connect Verification DoS
    cvelistv5