Super Forms <= 6.3.316 - Unauthenticated Path Traversal to Arbitrary File Read via 'sfgtfi' URL Path Parameter
Strategic Overview
- Status
- Patched in 6.3.317
- Affected Plugin
- Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder
- Affected Version
<= 6.3.316- CVSS
- 9.1Critical
- Weakness type
- CWE-26 · Path Traversal: '/dir/../filename'
- CVE
CVE-2026-15896
At a glance
CVE-2026-15896 is a critical-severity Path Traversal: '/dir/../filename' vulnerability in the Super Forms WordPress plugin, affecting versions <= 6.3.316. It carries a CVSS score of 9.1 (reachable over the network; low attack complexity; high integrity, availability impact). Exploitation requires no authentication. The issue is fixed in version 6.3.317; sites on affected versions should update now. Disclosed October 2026, reported by afei.
Vulnerability Overview
The Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Directory Traversal in all versions up to, and including, 6.3.316 via the parse_request function. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to read the contents of arbitrary files on the server, which can contain sensitive information. The optional 'file_upload_auth' setting defaults to empty, meaning no authentication is required in the default configuration; enabling this setting mitigates unauthenticated exploitation but does not remediate the path traversal itself. Exploitation on Linux requires a real 13-digit timestamp directory to exist, whereas on Windows the traversal works with any hardcoded 13-digit prefix. However, the plugin's file upload response returns the name of the created directory, which means the vulnerability is exploitable as long as file upload is enabled on the form.
Technical Analysis
The vector marks this flaw as remotely reachable over the network, with low attack complexity — no special timing or configuration is needed, and no privileges on the target site, and no interaction from a victim user. A successful exploit has high impact on integrity, availability.
CWE-26: Path Traversal: '/dir/../filename'
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize /dir/../filename sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory.
Remediation
Update to version 6.3.317, or a newer patched version
How does WordSec protect against this?
This one needs no account at all, which puts it outside what login hardening can reach; WordSec's login security narrows the account-level paths around it, and the firewall is what inspects the request itself. None of that substitutes for the fix: Super Forms 6.3.317 closes this, and updating the plugin is the step that ends it.
- Login Security
- Alerts
External References
Related records
Other vulnerabilities in Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder
- 9.8CVE-2026-15989: Super Forms <= 6.3.316 Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-15989 - 9.8CVE-2026-14894: Super Forms <= 6.3.313 Arbitrary File Upload
CVE-2026-14894 - 9.8Super Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder Arbitrary File Upload
- 9.1CVE-2026-17609: Super Forms <= 6.3.316 Arbitrary Directory Deletion
CVE-2026-17609 - 8.8CVE-2026-17196: Super Forms <= 6.3.316 Arbitrary File Upload
CVE-2026-17196 - 8.8CVE-2026-15897: Super Forms Privilege Escalation
CVE-2026-15897 - 8.1CVE-2026-15983: Super Forms Arbitrary File/Directory Deletion
CVE-2026-15983 - 7.5CVE-2026-28167: Super Forms Arbitrary File Read
CVE-2026-28167
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