The Simple Basic Contact Form WordPress plugin through 20250114 does not escape user-supplied input before reflecting it into the contact form output on validation errors, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that unauthenticated attackers can exploit against site visitors via a crafted link or cross-site form submission.
PUBLISHED5.2
Simple Basic Contact Form <= 20250114 - Reflected XSS
Problem type
- CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Affected products
Unknown
Simple Basic Contact Form
<= 20250114 - AFFECTED
References
GitHub Security Advisories
GHSA-x74w-29rh-ccvr
The Simple Basic Contact Form WordPress plugin through 20250114 does not escape user-supplied...
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x74w-29rh-ccvrThe Simple Basic Contact Form WordPress plugin through 20250114 does not escape user-supplied input before reflecting it into the contact form output on validation errors, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that unauthenticated attackers can exploit against site visitors via a crafted link or cross-site form submission.
JSON source
https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-8172Click to expand
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