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 Rich-Text Textarea Field in all versions up to, and including, 1.57.0.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Exploitation requires that the targeted Textarea field has the Rich-Text editor option enabled.
Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms
02Summary
Forminator Forms versions up to 1.57.0.1 contain a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The vulnerability affects the form builder's handling of user input and can impact site visitors across the network. Site administrators should update to a version newer than 1.57.0.1 immediately.
What an attacker can do
03Attacker Capabilities
Inject malicious JavaScript that executes in other users' browsers when they view affected forms.
Potential impact on your site
04Site Impact
Visitors to your site may have their sessions hijacked, credentials stolen, or be redirected to malicious sites.
Conditions required to exploit
05Prerequisites
No authentication or user interaction required; attacker can exploit this remotely over the network.
Key dates
06Disclosure timeline
August 28, 2026
CVE published
