CVE-2026-96567
MW WP Form <= 5.1.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_id' Parameter (via stored form-submitted post meta)
websoudan MW WP Form
CVSS
7.2HighExploitationNo known exploitationNot in CISA KEV, which does not prove it is unexploitedCISA KEV
Exploit odds (EPSS)0.26%Chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of CVEs. Scored 23 Oct 2026FIRST EPSS
Fixed inNone listedNo source names a fixed version yet
What fixes it
No source in this snapshot names a fixed version.
Description
The MW WP Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'post_id' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.7 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 CSRF gate protecting form submission (MW_WP_Form_Csrf) is bypassable by any unauthenticated visitor who first loads the public form page to obtain a valid double-submit cookie, leaving no effective barrier to storing malicious payloads.
Text from CVE List
Affected versions 1
- MW WP Formaffected: all versions through 5.1.7CVE List
References 7
- wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/060ff51b-536d-4022-a68a-f77dc6c9c814?source=cveReferencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.6/classes/models/class.parser.php#L208Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.6/classes/models/class.parser.php#L156Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.6/classes/services/class.exec-shortcode.php#L151Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.6/classes/services/class.exec-shortcode.php#L122Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.6/classes/models/class.contact-data-setting.php#L200Referencevia CVE List
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&old=3715473%40mw-wp-form&new=3715473%40mw-wp-formReferencevia CVE List