# CVE-2026-96567: Cross-site scripting in MW WP Form

> Unauthenticated attackers can inject arbitrary scripts via the post_id parameter in MW WP Form, leading to stored XSS and potential account takeover.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 2 Oct 2026
- **Updated:** 3 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qp55-c5q5-378p

## What is CVE-2026-96567?

CVE-2026-96567 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in websoudan MW WP Form, published on 2 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The MW WP Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The CSRF gate protecting form submission (MW_WP_Form_Csrf) is bypassable by any unauthenticated visitor who first loads the public form page to obtain a valid double-submit cookie, leaving no effective barrier to storing malicious payloads.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2026-96567?


## How do I fix CVE-2026-96567?

No fix has been published for CVE-2026-96567 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2026-96567 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96567 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2026-96567 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2026-96567 is a high-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in websoudan MW WP Form, published on 2 Oct 2026. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2026-96567 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: websoudan MW WP Form. 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-2026-96567/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96567/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-96567
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96567
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2026-96567

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-96567/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.