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CVE-2024-8542: Everest Forms < 3.0.3.1 - Admin+ Stored XSS
- Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2025-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-79
Description
The Everest Forms WordPress plugin before 3.0.3.1 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).
Affected products
- wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder: before 3.0.3.1 — fixed in 3.0.3.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: wpeverest Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder 3.0.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
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