CVE-2024-37160: Formwork has a Cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Description metadata

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2024-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

Formwork is a flat file-based Content Management System (CMS). An attackers (requires administrator privilege) to execute arbitrary web scripts by modifying site options via /panel/options/site. This type of attack is suitable for persistence, affecting visitors across all pages (except the dashboard). This vulnerability is fixed in 1.13.1.

Affected products

getformwork formwork: before 1.13.1 — fixed in 1.13.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: getformwork formwork 1.13.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/9d471204f7ebb51c3c27131581c2b834315b5e0b
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/f5312015a5a5e89b95ef2bd07e496f8474d579c5
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/security/advisories/GHSA-5pxr-7m4j-jjc6
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/9d471204f7ebb51c3c27131581c2b834315b5e0b
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/commit/f5312015a5a5e89b95ef2bd07e496f8474d579c5
https://github.com/getformwork/formwork/security/advisories/GHSA-5pxr-7m4j-jjc6

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