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WordPress WPForms Lite plugin <= 1.9.3.1 XSS Vulnerability

🗓️ 06 Feb 2025 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AGType 
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WordPress WPForms Lite plugin versions up to 1.9.3.1 expose XSS vulnerability for attackers.

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2025 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

CPE = "cpe:/a:wpforms:contact_form";

if (description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.127839");
  script_version("2025-08-14T05:40:53+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2025-08-14 05:40:53 +0000 (Thu, 14 Aug 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2025-02-06 18:10:45 +0000 (Thu, 06 Feb 2025)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"5.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_vector", value:"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N");
  script_tag(name:"severity_origin", value:"NVD");
  script_tag(name:"severity_date", value:"2025-08-12 16:38:49 +0000 (Tue, 12 Aug 2025)");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2024-13403");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"remote_banner");

  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  script_name("WordPress WPForms Lite plugin <= 1.9.3.1 XSS Vulnerability");

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);

  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2025 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("Web application abuses");
  script_dependencies("gb_wordpress_plugin_http_detect.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("wordpress/plugin/wpforms-lite/detected");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The WordPress plugin 'WPForms Lite' is prone to a cross-site
  scripting (XSS) vulnerability.");

  script_tag(name:"vuldetect", value:"Checks if a vulnerable version is present on the target host.");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"Authenticated attackers are able to inject arbitrary web
  scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page due to insufficient
  input sanitization and output escaping 'fieldHTML' parameter.");

  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"WordPress WPForms Lite plugin version 1.9.3.1 and prior.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update to version 1.9.3.2 or later.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/92ea6a89-b14f-4252-b886-e219c1bb658d");

  exit(0);
}

include("host_details.inc");
include("version_func.inc");

if( ! port = get_app_port( cpe: CPE ) )
  exit( 0 );

if( ! infos = get_app_version_and_location( cpe: CPE, port: port, exit_no_version: TRUE ) )
  exit( 0 );

version = infos["version"];
location = infos["location"];

if( version_is_less_equal( version: version, test_version: "1.9.3.1" ) ) {
  report = report_fixed_ver( installed_version: version, fixed_version: "1.9.3.2", install_path: location );
  security_message( port: port, data: report );
  exit( 0 );
}

exit( 99 );

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14 Aug 2025 00:00Current
9.5High risk
Vulners AI Score9.5
CVSS 3.15.4 - 6.4
EPSS0.00386
SSVC
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