CVE-2026-18324

Forminator Forms <= 1.57.0.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Rich-Text Textarea Field

Published Aug 28, 2026 CVSS 3.1 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Rich-Text Textarea Field in all versions up to, and including, 1.57.0.1 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. Exploitation requires that the targeted Textarea field has the Rich-Text editor option enabled.

Remediation

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Advisories

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References
Link Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.55.1/admin/views/custom-form/entries/content-details.php#L211 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.55.1/build/js/shared-ui.min.js#L1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.55.1/library/abstracts/abstract-class-front-action.php#L127 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.55.1/library/fields/textarea.php#L411 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.55.1/library/modules/custom-forms/admin/admin-page-entries.php#L338 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.56.0/admin/views/custom-form/entries/content-details.php#L211 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.56.0/build/js/shared-ui.min.js#L1 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.56.0/library/abstracts/abstract-class-front-action.php#L127 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.56.0/library/fields/textarea.php#L411 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/forminator/tags/1.56.0/library/modules/custom-forms/admin/admin-page-entries.php#L338 cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3652712/forminator/trunk/library/modules/custom-forms/admin/admin-page-entries.php cve-icon cve-icon
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Fforminator/tags/1.57.0.1&new_path=%2Fforminator/tags/1.57.0.2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/5f8a0704-1c06-4342-b05a-7bd815a87833?source=cve cve-icon cve-icon
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics ssvc

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

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpmudev
Wpmudev forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
Vendors & Products Wordpress
Wordpress wordpress
Wpmudev
Wpmudev forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
Type Values Removed Values Added
Description The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Rich-Text Textarea Field in all versions up to, and including, 1.57.0.1 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. Exploitation requires that the targeted Textarea field has the Rich-Text editor option enabled.
Title Forminator Forms <= 1.57.0.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Rich-Text Textarea Field
Weaknesses CWE-79
References
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

Weaknesses

Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
Wordfence
Published
Updated
Aug 28, 2026, 3:14 PM
Reserved
Jul 29, 2026, 7:30 PM
Status
Deferred
Published
Aug 28, 2026, 5:16 AM
Modified
Aug 28, 2026, 4:17 PM