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CVE-2026-28111: wordpress forminator Incorrect Privilege Assignment

CVSS: 8.8v3.1HighDeferred
Published 06-08-2026Last modified 06-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2026-28111 is a high (CVSS 8.8) Incorrect Privilege Assignment vulnerability in wordpress forminator. EPSS estimates a 0.42% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 34.6% of scored vulnerabilities. Fixed in 1.56.0.1.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.42%
0%100%
Low · +0.14 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 06-08-2026
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Contributor Privilege Escalation in Forminator <= 1.56.0 versions.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.42%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

35%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.14 pp

From 0.28% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.42%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress1 product
  • forminator≤ 1.56.0 (fixed in 1.56.0.1)
Wpmu dev1 product

2 vendors · 2 products

References

2 links