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CVE-2021-24896: Caldera forms < 1.9.5 - 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: 2021-12-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Caldera Forms WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 does not sanitise and escape the Form Name before outputting it in attributes, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products

• Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms: before 1.9.5 — fixed in 1.9.5

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms 1.9.5. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c469e8b-c761-460b-b31d-9219a43006ff
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c469e8b-c761-460b-b31d-9219a43006ff

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