CVE-2025-3794 WPForms Lite <= 1.9.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'start_timestamp' Parameter
Authenticated attackers with Contributor access can inject arbitrary scripts via the start_timestamp parameter, leading to stored XSS execution.
- 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
- None listed
What is CVE-2025-3794?
CVE-2025-3794 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in smub WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More, published on 9 May 2025. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
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 start_timestamp parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.5 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-2025-3794?
How do I fix CVE-2025-3794?
No fix has been published for CVE-2025-3794 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-2025-3794 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-3794 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mrfg-94qj-8679.