The MW WP Form WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its form settings before outputting them back in an admin dashboard page, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as admin.
History

Tue, 01 Sep 2026 12:45:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Mw Wp Form Project
Mw Wp Form Project mw Wp Form
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Vendors & Products Mw Wp Form Project
Mw Wp Form Project mw Wp Form
Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The MW WP Form WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its form settings before outputting them back in an admin dashboard page, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as admin.
Title MW WP Form < 5.1.6 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Inquiry Data List
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2026-08-30T06:00:18.632Z

Updated: 2026-08-31T12:38:06.282Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T11:38:46.504Z

Link: CVE-2026-78364

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-31T12:30:26.510Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-30T07:17:21.097

Modified: 2026-08-31T20:14:36.250

Link: CVE-2026-78364

cve-icon Redhat

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