High severity · published Aug 21, 2026
CVE-2026-18409
WPForms Pro <= 2.0.0.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Single Line Text and Paragraph Text Field Values
7.2
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The WPForms Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Single Line Text and Paragraph Text Field Values in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.0.2 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 exploit relies on the plugin's own wp_kses_allowed_html filter widening the 'post' allowlist to permit iframe elements with a data-src attribute, which is not on WordPress's URI-attribute sanitization list, allowing a javascript: URI stored in data-src to survive kses processing and subsequently be promoted to a live src attribute by the bundled admin script view-entry.min.js.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WP
WPForms Pro · WPForms
through 2.0.0.2 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-18409
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-18409
wpforms.com
https://wpforms.com/docs/how-to-view-recent-changes-to-the-wpforms-plugin-changelog/#Changelog
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/f26cbc41-8ed9-4dc6-a8bc-9986ecab5e6e?source=cve
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