CVE-2021-24718: ARForms Form Builder < 1.5 - Admin+ Stored Cross Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2021-12-06 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Contact Form, Survey & Popup Form Plugin for WordPress plugin before 1.5 does not properly sanitize some of its settings allowing high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

Affected products

Contact Form, Survey & Popup Form Plugin for WordPress – ARForms Form Builder: before 1.5 — fixed in 1.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Contact Form, Survey & Popup Form Plugin for WordPress – ARForms Form Builder 1.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/60c9d78f-ae2c-49e0-aca3-6dce1bd8f697
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/60c9d78f-ae2c-49e0-aca3-6dce1bd8f697

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