CVE-2026-28111

HIGHPre-NVD 8.88.8—
EchelonGraph scoreHIGH confidence

Score 8.8 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2026-08-06. a secondary CVSS source baseline 8.8; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, secondary
Trending — 3 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%CVSS: 8.8Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

No vendor fix yet — apply a workaround or compensating control (WAF / firewall / segmentation) and watch for a patch.

Contributor Privilege Escalation in Forminator <= 1.56.0 versions.

CVSS v3
8.8
EG Score
8.8(high)
EG Risk
40(Track)
EG Risk 40/100SSVC: Track

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%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
21%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 6, 2026

Last Modified

August 12, 2026

Advisory Details (1)

Auto-updated Aug 6, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

Privilege Escalation in WordPress Forminator Plugin - Patchstack

https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/forminator/vulnerability/wordpress-forminator-plugin-1-56-0-privilege-escalation-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2026-28111(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 29× in last 7d / 64× 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. 2026-08-21 01:12 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-21 01:12 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-20 22:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-20 14:19 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-20 03:23 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-20 03:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-19 17:03 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-19 16:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-19 05:30 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-18 18:38 UTCEG score recompute
  11. 2026-08-18 18:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  12. 2026-08-18 13:48 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-08-18 07:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  14. 2026-08-17 20:48 UTCEG score recompute
  15. 2026-08-17 20:48 UTCGHSA enrichment
  16. 2026-08-17 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-08-17 09:55 UTCGHSA enrichment
  18. 2026-08-16 23:03 UTCEG score recompute
  19. 2026-08-16 23:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  20. 2026-08-16 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-08-16 12:09 UTCEG score recompute
  22. 2026-08-16 12:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-16 02:14 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-08-16 01:17 UTCGHSA enrichment
  25. 2026-08-15 14:24 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-15 03:31 UTCEG score recompute
  2. 2026-08-15 03:31 UTCGHSA enrichment
  3. 2026-08-15 01:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-08-14 16:38 UTCGHSA enrichment
  5. 2026-08-14 05:45 UTCEG score recompute
  6. 2026-08-14 05:45 UTCGHSA enrichment
  7. 2026-08-13 22:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-08-13 18:52 UTCGHSA enrichment
  9. 2026-08-13 07:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  10. 2026-08-12 21:06 UTCGHSA enrichment
  11. 2026-08-12 19:56 UTCEG score recompute
  12. 2026-08-12 19:56 UTCGHSA enrichment
  13. 2026-08-12 13:50 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-08-12 09:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
  15. 2026-08-11 22:11 UTCEG score recompute
  16. 2026-08-11 22:11 UTCGHSA enrichment
  17. 2026-08-11 13:42 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-08-11 11:14 UTCGHSA enrichment
  19. 2026-08-11 00:21 UTCEG score recompute
  20. 2026-08-11 00:21 UTCGHSA enrichment
  21. 2026-08-11 00:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-08-10 13:29 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-10 02:32 UTCGHSA enrichment
  24. 2026-08-09 15:39 UTCEG score recompute
  25. 2026-08-09 15:39 UTCGHSA enrichment
  26. 2026-08-09 13:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-08-09 04:47 UTCGHSA enrichment
  28. 2026-08-08 17:54 UTCEG score recompute
  29. 2026-08-08 17:54 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-08-08 16:37 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-08-08 07:01 UTCGHSA enrichment
  32. 2026-08-07 20:09 UTCEG score recompute
  33. 2026-08-07 20:09 UTCGHSA enrichment
  34. 2026-08-07 09:16 UTCGHSA enrichment
  35. 2026-08-06 22:24 UTCEG score recompute
  36. 2026-08-06 22:23 UTCGHSA enrichment
  37. 2026-08-06 15:28 UTCEG score recompute
  38. 2026-08-06 14:44 UTCEG score recompute
  39. 2026-08-06 14:41 UTCMITRE cvelistV5first tracked

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2026-28111?
CVE-2026-28111 is a high vulnerability published on August 6, 2026. Contributor Privilege Escalation in Forminator <= 1.56.0 versions.
When was CVE-2026-28111 disclosed?
CVE-2026-28111 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 6, 2026, with the most recent update on August 12, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2026-28111 actively exploited?
CVE-2026-28111 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 78.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2026-28111?
CVE-2026-28111 has a CVSS v3 base score of 8.8 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2026-28111?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2026-28111, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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