# CVE-2024-44063: WordPress Happyforms plugin <= 1.26.0 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

> Attackers can inject malicious scripts via stored XSS in the Happyforms WordPress plugin, potentially compromising user sessions and site integrity.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 15 Sep 2024
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-8v8r-m9m9-p8q3

## What is CVE-2024-44063?

CVE-2024-44063 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Happyforms, published on 15 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation (XSS or 'Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Happyforms allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Happyforms: from n/a through 1.26.0.

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-44063?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Happyforms Happyforms.

## How do I fix CVE-2024-44063?

No fix has been published for CVE-2024-44063 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2024-44063 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44063 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Happyforms

- [CVE-2023-48752](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-48752/): WordPress Happyforms Plugin <= 1.25.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (high 7.1)
- [CVE-2023-0096](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0096/): Happyforms < 1.22.0 - Contributor+ Stored XSS (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2024-23521](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-23521/): WordPress Happyforms plugin <= 1.25.10 - Broken Access Control vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-10054](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10054/): Happyforms < 1.26.3 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2024-44063 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2024-44063 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Happyforms, published on 15 Sep 2024. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-44063 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Happyforms. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44063/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44063/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-44063
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-44063
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-44063

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-44063/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.