CVE-2025-39428 MEDIUM

CVE-2025-39428: WordPress Gravity Forms CSS Themes with Fontawesome and Placeholders plugin <= 8.5 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability

Vendor Maros Pristas
Product Gravity Forms CSS Themes with Fontawesome and Placeholders
Weakness CWE-79 · XSS
Published April 17, 2025
Last update April 28, 2026

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

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Maros Pristas Gravity Forms CSS Themes with Fontawesome and Placeholders gravity-forms-css-themes-with-fontawesome-and-placeholder-support allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Gravity Forms CSS Themes with Fontawesome and Placeholders: from n/a through <= 8.5.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Gravity Forms CSS Themes with Fontawesome and Placeholders versions 8.5 and earlier contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability. An authenticated user with high privileges can inject malicious scripts that execute in other users' browsers when they interact with affected pages. The vulnerability requires user interaction and can affect site confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Inject malicious scripts that run in other users' browsers to steal data, modify page content, or disrupt site functionality.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

Authenticated admins or editors can inject scripts affecting other users; requires immediate update to prevent privilege abuse and data theft.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level admin or editor privileges and the victim must visit or interact with a page containing the injected payload.

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

April 17, 2025 CVE published
April 28, 2026 Record updated

Related vulnerabilities

08Related CVE