CVE-2023-35095 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-35095: WordPress Flo Forms Plugin <= 1.0.40 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)

Vendor Flothemes

Product Flo Forms – Easy Drag & Drop Form Builder

Weakness CWE-79 · XSS

Published June 20, 2023

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

5.9/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction Required

Confidentiality Low

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Auth. (admin+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Flothemes Flo Forms – Easy Drag & Drop Form Builder plugin <= 1.0.40 versions.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Flo Forms versions up to 1.0.40 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in form handling. An authenticated user with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they interact with affected forms. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect site visitors across the application.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view or submit forms.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Trusted admins or editors could compromise visitor accounts, steal data, or deface forms without detection.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin or editor privileges; victim must visit a page with the malicious form.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

June 20, 2023 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-35095 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/79.html AskarLabs — CWE-79 write-up Cross-Site Scripting

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2023-35095

CWE CWE-79

CVSS 5.9 / MEDIUM

Affected versions