The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Path Traversal in versions up to, and including, 1.52.1 via the 'upload-1[file][file_path]' parameter. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. Successful exploitation requires a publicly accessible form with a File Upload field where Save and Continue is enabled in that form's Behavior settings and the Save and Continue email notification is configured to attach uploaded files in Email Notifications.
CVE-2026-5192 is a high severity with CVSS 7.5 File Upload issue affecting the Plugin Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder. It affects Versions up to 1.52.1 and is fixed in 1.52.2.
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CVE-2026-5192 is tracked for the Plugin Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder as high severity with CVSS 7.5. The affected range is Versions up to 1.52.1. Update Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder to 1.52.2 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
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| Software Type | Plugin |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
forminator
View on wordpress.org
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| CVE | CVE-2026-5192 |
| Patched Versions |
1.52.2
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| Affected Versions |
Versions up to 1.52.1
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Forminator <= 1.28.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Forminator <= 1.24.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload
Forminator <= 1.29.2 - Authenticated (Admin+) SQL Injection
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder <= 1.44.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion Triggered via Administrator Form Submission Deletion
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder <= 1.44.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (PHAR) Triggered via Administrator Form Submission Deletion
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder <= 1.35.1 - Missing Authorization to Authenticated (Contributor+) Form Update and Creation
Forminator <= 1.29.1 - HubSpot Developer API Key Sensitive Information Exposure
Forminator <= 1.29.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload
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