CVE-2024-13403 WPForms Lite <= 1.9.3.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via fieldHTML Parameter
Authenticated attackers with Contributor access can inject arbitrary scripts via the fieldHTML parameter, leading to stored XSS execution on victim pages.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2024-13403?
CVE-2024-13403 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in smub WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More, published on 4 Feb 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘fieldHTML’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.3.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Weakness: CWE-79
Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-13403?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Wpforms Wpforms.
How do I fix CVE-2024-13403?
No fix has been published for CVE-2024-13403 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.
Is CVE-2024-13403 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-13403 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in smub WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More
- CVE-2024-11205 Missing authorization in WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More
- CVE-2023-7063 Cross-site scripting in WPForms Pro
- CVE-2020-36919 WPForms 1.7.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
- CVE-2024-11223 WPForms < 1.9.2.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS
- CVE-2024-56276 WordPress WPForms Lite plugin <= 1.9.2.2 - Broken Access Control vulnerability
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gq2f-g8mp-6phg.