WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

Contact Form by WPForms < 1.6.0.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

Description

Vishnupriya Ilango from Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs discovered an authenticated stored Cross-Site Scripting issue via the choice label parameter inside the form builder that interacts with live preview.

Affects Plugins

Plugin icon
wpforms-lite
Fixed in 1.6.0.2

References

URL
https://fortiguard.com/zeroday/FG-VD-20-063
URL
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2309431/wpforms-lite/trunk/includes/admin/builder/panels/class-fields.php?old=2288506

Classification

Type
XSS
OWASP top 10
A7: Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
CWE
CWE-79
CVSS
6.6 (medium)

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Vishnupriya Ilango of Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs
Verified
No
WPVDB ID
006047c3-2d46-4075-91fe-b55f4b7a4b06

Timeline

Publicly Published
2020-07-01 (about 5 years ago)
Added
2020-07-01 (about 5 years ago)
Last Updated
2020-10-01 (about 5 years ago)

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