What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to time-based SQL Injection via the `order_by` parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.45.0 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Administrator-level access and above, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Forminator Forms contains a SQL injection vulnerability in versions up to 1.45.0. An authenticated administrator can craft malicious input to execute arbitrary SQL queries against the site database. This allows reading sensitive data such as user credentials, form submissions, and other stored information. The vulnerability requires high-level admin access and does not affect data integrity or site availability.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Read sensitive data from the site database, including user information and form submissions.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
An admin account compromise could expose all user data and form submissions stored in your database.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have administrator-level access to the WordPress site.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
July 18, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
