CVE-2020-10385 — A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WPForms Contact

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WPForms Contact Form (aka wpforms-lite) plugin before 1.5.9 for WordPress.

01What is this vulnerability?

A stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability exists in the WPForms Contact Form (aka wpforms-lite) plugin before 1.5.9 for WordPress.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2020-03-11T04:07:16.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-04T10:58:40.560Z

09References

• wpvulndb.com — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10114
• wordpress.org — https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforms-lite/#developers
• www.getastra.com — https://www.getastra.com/blog/911/plugin-exploit/stored-xss-vulnerability-found-…
• www.jinsonvarghese.com — https://www.jinsonvarghese.com/stored-xss-vulnerability-found-in-wpforms-plugin/
• packetstormsecurity.com — https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156910/WordPress-WP-Forms-1.5.8.2-Cross-Si…