The HTML Forms – Simple WordPress Forms Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to and including 1.6.0 due to insufficient sanitization of fabricated file upload field metadata before displaying it in the WordPress admin dashboard. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute whenever an administrator accesses the form submissions page.
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Wed, 17 Dec 2025 04:45:00 +0000

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Description The HTML Forms – Simple WordPress Forms Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to and including 1.6.0 due to insufficient sanitization of fabricated file upload field metadata before displaying it in the WordPress admin dashboard. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute whenever an administrator accesses the form submissions page.
Title HTML Forms – Simple WordPress Forms Plugin <= 1.6.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.1, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-17T04:31:30.671Z

Reserved: 2025-12-01T21:05:53.563Z

Link: CVE-2025-13861

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Received

Published: 2025-12-17T05:16:10.977

Modified: 2025-12-17T05:16:10.977

Link: CVE-2025-13861

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