WordPress Plugin Vulnerabilities

weForms < 1.6.28 - Authenticated (Subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Hidden Field Value via REST API

Description

The weForms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the REST API entry submission endpoint in all versions up to, and including, 1.6.27. This is due to inconsistent input sanitization between the frontend AJAX handler and the REST API endpoint. When entries are submitted via the REST API (`/wp-json/weforms/v1/forms/{id}/entries/`), the `prepare_entry()` method in `class-abstract-fields.php` receives the WP_REST_Request object as `$args`, bypassing the `weforms_clean()` fallback that sanitizes `$_POST` data for frontend submissions. The base field handler only applies `trim()` to the value. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Subscriber-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts into form entry hidden field values via the REST API that execute when an administrator views the form entries page, where data is rendered using a Vue.js `v-html` directive without escaping.

Affects Plugins

Fixed in 1.6.28

References

Classification

Type
XSS
CWE

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher
Muhammad Sharief
Verified
No

Timeline

Publicly Published
2026-03-10 (about 3 months ago)
Added
2026-03-10 (about 3 months ago)
Last Updated
2026-03-11 (about 3 months ago)

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