Forminator <= 1.29.0 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload
The Forminator plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via an uploaded file (e.g. 3gpp file) in all versions up to, and including, 1.29.0 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.
- Published
- Apr 9, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.5% · 43th percentile
- CWE
- CWE-79
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Report tools
Action score
24
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 24 / 40 · 6.1 / 10
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.5%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.1
- CNA · Wordfence
- 7.2
- 1.1 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Noroxi analysis
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We use this product, ask for helpAffected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| incsub | forminator | cpe:2.3:a:incsub:forminator |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- incsub forminatorup to 1.29.1 inclusive
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Wordfence). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
wpmudev Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder
- up to and including 1.29.0affected · semver
Same product
incsub: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2023-4596Forminator <= 1.24.6 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload43Plan
- CVE-2025-6463Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder <= 1.44.2 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion Triggered via Administrator Form Submiss39Monitor
- CVE-2024-31077Forminator prior to 1.29.3 contains a SQL injection vulnerability.37Monitor
- CVE-2025-6464Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder <= 1.44.2 - Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection (PHAR) Triggered via Administrator Form Sub35Monitor
- CVE-2024-7389Forminator <= 1.29.1 - HubSpot Developer API Key Sensitive Information Exposure30Monitor
- CVE-2019-9568The "Forminator Contact Form, Poll & Quiz Builder" plugin before 1.6 for WordPress has SQL Injection via the wp-admin/admin.php?page=formina26Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.
Exploit status
No known public exploit
No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.
Research context
For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.
Timeline
From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.
No dated events beyond publication.
FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).
Patch and commit links
Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.
No commit or PR link among the references.
Credits
All researchersFinders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.
- wesleyfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2023-3134253 days apartForminator < 1.24.4 - Reflected XSS25Monitor
- CVE-2024-2977713 days apartWordPress Forminator plugin <= 1.29.0 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability24Monitor
- CVE-2024-45625153 days apartCross-site scripting vulnerability exists in Forminator versions prior to 1.34.1.24Monitor
- CVE-2021-36821390 days apartWordPress Forminator plugin <= 1.14.11 - Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability24Monitor
- CVE-2024-30530 days apartForminator – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder <= 1.29.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via forminator_form Shortcode21Monitor
- CVE-2024-3185714 days apartForminator prior to 1.15.4 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability.21Monitor
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
National notice (Türkiye Cybersecurity Directorate / USOM)
Official security notices citing this record; remediation advice is on the agency's page.
- TR-24-0277 · Apr 15, 2024(WordPress Eklenti Zafiyeti)
Technical details
Attack conditions
- Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
- No account or password is required.
- A user must open a link or visit a page.
- No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
If successful
- Confidentiality
- low · data can be read
- Integrity
- low · data or configuration can be modified
- Availability
- none
Impact can extend beyond the vulnerable component (scope changes).
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Weakness class (CWE)
CWE-79 · Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
nvd-primary
Root cause
User content is inserted into the page as HTML. The browser interprets the content as code rather than data.
The bug in code
The whole CWE-79 classA representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.
Vulnerable
commentEl.innerHTML = comment.body;Fixed
commentEl.textContent = comment.body;Attack context
MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.
Attack patterns (CAPEC)
ATT&CK techniques
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Change log
No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.
References
- plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3047085%40forminator&old=3028842%40forminator&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=
- www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/23feb72c-7e6f-436b-b56e-dc6185302d31?source=cve
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.