2026-06-23 6:0CVE-2026-8172WPScan
PUBLISHED5.2

Simple Basic Contact Form <= 20250114 - Reflected XSS

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.

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-ccvr

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.

JSON source

https://cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-2026-8172
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