Description
The Forms WordPress plugin before 3.0.2 does not sanitise submitted form values on storage, nor escape them before outputting them on the form submissions screen in the administration dashboard, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the browser of any administrator viewing the submissions.
Published: 2026-10-14
Score: 8.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Wed, 14 Oct 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-79
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 8.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}


Wed, 14 Oct 2026 06:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Forms WordPress plugin before 3.0.2 does not sanitise submitted form values on storage, nor escape them before outputting them on the form submissions screen in the administration dashboard, allowing unauthenticated users to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute in the browser of any administrator viewing the submissions.
Title Forms < 3.0.2 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS via Form Submission
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-10-14T13:42:21.397Z

Reserved: 2026-09-08T12:19:32.916Z

Link: CVE-2026-86799

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-10-14T07:17:03.860

Modified: 2026-10-14T16:14:02.800

Link: CVE-2026-86799

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-10-14T16:15:03Z

Weaknesses