CVE-2026-17196

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-10-08. A secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 4 sources updated this week
8.8EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0.5%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed services: Not assessed

A fix is available — apply it.

The Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unrestricted File Type Upload in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.316 via the upload_files function. This is due to missing file type validation in the upload_files function, which reads and applies an attacker-controlled extensions string from _super_elements post meta verbatim as the allowed MIME type map. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to upload files that may be executable, which makes remote code execution possible. The attack requires a preceding step: poisoning the _super_elements post meta via the super_save_form AJAX handler, which lacks a capability and nonce check but requires the attacker to be authenticated as at minimum a Subscriber-level user; the subsequent file upload via super_upload_files requires no authentication at all.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8HIGHhigh confidence
EG Risk
40
EG Risk 40/100CISA SSVC

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity88% × 45%
Exploitation1% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
CISA SSVC: Track at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).
Action: A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.
EPSS PROB
0.5%
EPSS %ILE
43rd
KEV
Not listed

CISA SSVCTrack at low or medium mission impact; Track* at high (mission-essential systems).

A fix is available. Apply it within your standard update timelines.

Exploitation none (CISA Vulnrichment) · Automatable no (CISA Vulnrichment) · Technical impact total (CISA Vulnrichment). Mission impact is CISA's Mission & Well-being decision point, and only you can judge it: high means the affected system is essential to your organisation's mission, or its compromise could cause irreversible harm to people. CISA's decision table

Published

October 8, 2026

Last Modified

October 8, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Oct 8, 2026
Patch available. Sources: github_pr.
github_pr Patch Available

fix(security): hardening update

Patch available: RensTillmann/super-forms v6.3.317 (PR #205 merged 2026-09-17)

https://github.com/RensTillmann/super-forms/pull/205

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-17196(1)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 21× in last 7d / 21× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-10-11 02:51 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-10-11 02:51 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-10-10 19:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-10-10 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-10-10 04:26 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-10-10 04:26 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-10-09 20:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-10-09 17:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-10-09 05:50 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-10-08 18:39 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-10-08 18:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-10-08 18:00 UTCEG score recompute
  13. 2026-10-08 18:00 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-10-08 17:27 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-10-08 17:27 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-10-08 17:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-10-08 16:43 UTCEG score recompute
  18. 2026-10-08 16:43 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-10-08 05:20 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-10-08 04:47 UTCEG score recompute
  21. 2026-10-08 04:46 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-17196?
CVE-2026-17196 is a high vulnerability published on October 8, 2026. The Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unrestricted File Type Upload in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.316 via the uploadfiles function. This is due to missing file type validation in the uploadfiles function, which reads and applies an…
When was CVE-2026-17196 disclosed?
CVE-2026-17196 was first published on October 8, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-17196 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-17196 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days (43rd percentile of EPSS-scored CVEs).
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-17196?
CVE-2026-17196 has a CVSS base score of 8.8 (a secondary CVSS source that NVD displays; NVD's own analysis pending).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-17196?
A fix for CVE-2026-17196 is available: update to the fixed version the vendor names in its advisory. The vendor advisories EchelonGraph has for CVE-2026-17196 are linked in the Vendor Advisories panel on this page.

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