CVE-2023-1325 — The Easy Forms for Mailchimp WordPress plugin before 6

The Easy Forms for Mailchimp WordPress plugin before 6.8.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Si

01What is this vulnerability?

The Easy Forms for Mailchimp WordPress plugin before 6.8.7 does not validate and escape some of its shortcode attributes before outputting them back in a page/post where the shortcode is embed, which could allow users with the contributor role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	Easy Forms for Mailchimp	0

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: 2023-04-17T12:17:39.963Z
• Last modified: 2025-03-05T18:49:52.470Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5f37cbf3-2388-4582-876c-6a7b0943c2a7