Description
The MW WP Form WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its form settings before outputting them back in an admin dashboard page, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as admin.
Published: 2026-08-30
Score: 3.5 Low
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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History

Mon, 31 Aug 2026 13:30:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 3.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N'}

ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 07:45:00 +0000

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Weaknesses CWE-79

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 06:30:00 +0000

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Description The MW WP Form WordPress plugin before 5.1.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its form settings before outputting them back in an admin dashboard page, which could allow users with a role as low as Editor to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks against high privilege users such as admin.
Title MW WP Form < 5.1.6 - Editor+ Stored XSS via Inquiry Data List
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published:

Updated: 2026-08-31T12:38:06.282Z

Reserved: 2026-08-24T11:38:46.504Z

Link: CVE-2026-78364

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-08-31T12:30:26.510Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2026-08-30T07:17:21.097

Modified: 2026-08-31T20:14:36.250

Link: CVE-2026-78364

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2026-08-31T15:15:14Z

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