WordPress ARForms plugin <= 6.4 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in reputeinfosystems ARForms arforms.This issue affects ARForms: from n/a through <= 6.4.
- Published
- Apr 24, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 17, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.4% · 27th 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 · 0.4%
CISA SSVC decision
- Exploitation
- none
- Automatable
- no
- Technical impact
- partial
Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.
CNA vs NVD score
- NVD
- 6.1
- CNA · Patchstack
- 7.1
- 1.0 point gap
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
The score given by the assigning authority versus NVD’s independent score. A gap means the severity is contested.
Affected systems
| Vendor | Product | CPE |
|---|---|---|
| reputeinfosystems | arforms | cpe:2.3:a:reputeinfosystems:arforms |
Affected versions
NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.
- reputeinfosystems arformsbefore 6.4.1
Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Patchstack). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
reputeinfosystems ARForms
- up to and including 6.4affectedfixed in 6.4.1
Same product
reputeinfosystems: all recordsOther highest-scoring records for the same primary product.
- CVE-2024-4620ArForms < 6.6 - Unauthenticated RCE40Plan
- CVE-2024-32705WordPress ARForms plugin <= 6.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Plugin Activation/Deactivation Vulnerability35Monitor
- CVE-2024-32706WordPress ARForms plugin <= 6.4 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection vulnerability35Monitor
- CVE-2019-16902In the ARforms plugin 3.7.1 for WordPress, arf_delete_file in arformcontroller.php allows unauthenticated deletion of an arbitrary file by s33Monitor
- CVE-2024-32703WordPress ARForms plugin <= 6.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability32Monitor
- CVE-2024-54216WordPress ARForms plugin < 7.0.2 - Path Traversal vulnerability30Monitor
Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| reputeinfosystems ARForms | 6.4.1 | Vendor (CNA) |
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.
- Dave Jong (Patchstack)Patchstack Bug Bounty Programfinder
Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
- CVE-2024-042749 days apartArforms < 6.4.1 - Reflected XSS25Monitor
- CVE-2024-10504386 days apartARForms Builder < 1.7.1 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS21Monitor
- CVE-2024-462144 days apartArForms < 6.6 - Admin+ Stored XSS19Monitor
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).
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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Noroxi analysis
No Noroxi analysis for this record yet
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References
- patchstack.com/database/Wordpress/Plugin/arforms/vulnerability/wordpress-arforms-plugin-6-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
- patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/arforms/wordpress-arforms-plugin-6-4-reflected-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve
Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.