What the vulnerability does
01Description
The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the ‘limit’ parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.42.0 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with Contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Forminator Forms versions up to 1.42.0 contain a stored cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated user with low privileges can inject malicious scripts into form fields that execute in the browsers of other users, including site administrators. The vulnerability affects the form builder's handling of user input and persists across page loads.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers when they view or interact with affected forms.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Attackers can steal admin session tokens, modify site content, or redirect users to malicious sites via injected scripts.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
Attacker must have a low-privilege user account on the site (e.g., subscriber or contributor role).
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
April 17, 2025
CVE published
April 8, 2026
Record updated
