Medium severity · published Apr 8, 2026
CVE-2026-5169
Inquiry form to posts or pages <= 1.0 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Form Header Field
4.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The Inquiry Form to Posts or Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Form Header' field in versions up to and including 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization when saving via update_option() and lack of output escaping when displaying the stored value. The vulnerability exists in two locations: (1) the plugin settings page at inq_form.php line 180 where the value is echoed into an HTML attribute without esc_attr(), and (2) the front-end shortcode output at inquery_form_to_posts_or_pages.php line 139 where the value is output in HTML content without esc_html(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses the plugin settings page or views a page containing the [inquiry_form] shortcode.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 17% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IF
Inquiry form to posts or pages · udamadu
through 1.0 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5169
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-5169
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/tags/1.0/inq_form.php#L180
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/tags/1.0/inq_form.php#L63
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/tags/1.0/inquery_form_to_posts_or_pages.php#L139
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/trunk/inq_form.php#L180
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/trunk/inq_form.php#L63
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/trunk/inquery_form_to_posts_or_pages.php#L139
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