CVE-2026-118500

Cool FormKit Lite <= 2.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Form Field custom_id Parameter

Published Oct 30, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 6.4 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Cool FormKit Lite – Advanced Form Builder for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the '_elementor_data.form_fields[].custom_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The esc_html() call applied at server emission is bypassed because the HTML fragment-serialization algorithm restores &quot; to a raw double-quote inside text nodes when jQuery .html() extracts the template, allowing the attacker-controlled custom_id to break out of an HTML attribute context within the plugin's own frontend script.

Remediation

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History
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Cool Plugins
Cool Plugins cool Formkit Lite
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions cool Formkit Lite
Vendors & Products Cool Plugins
Cool Plugins cool Formkit Lite
Wordpress-extensions
Wordpress-extensions cool Formkit Lite
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Cool FormKit Lite – Advanced Form Builder for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via the '_elementor_data.form_fields[].custom_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.7.9 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The esc_html() call applied at server emission is bypassed because the HTML fragment-serialization algorithm restores &quot; to a raw double-quote inside text nodes when jQuery .html() extracts the template, allowing the attacker-controlled custom_id to break out of an HTML attribute context within the plugin's own frontend script.
Title Cool FormKit Lite <= 2.7.9 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored DOM-Based Cross-Site Scripting via Form Field custom_id Parameter
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.4, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Oct 30, 2026, 3:57 PM
Reserved
Oct 28, 2026, 1:10 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Oct 30, 2026, 6:16 AM
Modified
Oct 30, 2026, 4:17 PM