Description
The Visual Form Builder WordPress plugin through 3.1 does not perform authorization or nonce checks when reordering form fields, allowing any authenticated user (Subscriber and above) to alter the field structure of any form on the site, persistently breaking its public rendering.
Published: 2026-10-16
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: Mis-authorization of form field reordering by any authenticated subscriber
Action: Immediate Patch
AI Analysis

Impact

The Visual Form Builder WordPress plugin through version 3.1 does not perform authorization checks when a user requests to move or reorder form fields. This missing permission enforcement allows any authenticated user with a Subscriber role or higher to modify the layout of any form on the site. The changes are persisted, breaking the public rendering of the form and potentially preventing users from submitting data or displaying form elements correctly. While the exploit does not provide remote code execution, it can result in a denial‑of‑service condition for form users and may lead to accidental information loss or mis‑behaviour of form logic.

Affected Systems

All installations of the Visual Form Builder plugin running version 3.1 or earlier are affected. The vulnerability applies to any WordPress site using this plugin, regardless of other plugins or themes. No specific WordPress core versions are mentioned, so the risk remains for all supported WordPress releases that host the plugin.

Risk and Exploitability

The vulnerability can be exploited by any authenticated user with Subscriber or higher privileges. No nonce or other contextual checks are performed on the reordering request, making the attack straightforward once the user has logged in. The EPSS score is < 1% and the issue is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog, indicating there is currently no evidence of active exploitation. The CVSS score for this issue is 4.3, indicating a moderate severity, but the lack of role restriction and persistence of the change constitute a significant integrity and availability risk for the affected forms.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 16, 2026 at 21:27 UTC.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record.

OpenCVE Recommended Actions

  • Update Visual Form Builder to the latest available version that includes an authorization check for field reordering.
  • If an upgrade is not immediately possible, use a role‑management plugin to remove the capability that allows form editing from Subscriber and other non‑administrator roles so that only administrators can reorder fields.
  • After restrictions are in place, manually review all forms for broken layout and re‑create any that were tampered with, then verify that form rendering is correct and that users can submit data as expected.

Generated by OpenCVE AI on October 16, 2026 at 21:27 UTC.

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History

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 20:15:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-732

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 15:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-862
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-284
CWE-732

Fri, 16 Oct 2026 06:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Visual Form Builder WordPress plugin through 3.1 does not perform authorization or nonce checks when reordering form fields, allowing any authenticated user (Subscriber and above) to alter the field structure of any form on the site, persistently breaking its public rendering.
Title Visual Form Builder <= 3.1 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Form Field Reordering via Missing Authorization
References

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:49:21.422Z

Reserved: 2026-10-06T09:32:27.427Z

Link: CVE-2026-105973

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T14:39:12.581Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-16T07:17:08.730

Modified: 2026-10-16T15:17:04.390

Link: CVE-2026-105973

cve-icon Redhat

No data.

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-16T21:30:14Z

Weaknesses