🔐 CVE Alert

CVE-2023-5125

MEDIUM 6.4

Contact Form by FormGet <= 5.5.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Shortcode

CVSS Score
6.4
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th

The Contact Form by FormGet plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'formget' shortcode in versions up to, and including, 5.5.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping on user supplied attributes. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with contributor-level and above permissions to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

CWE CWE-79
Vendor pankajagarwal
Product contact form by formget – best form builder plugin for wordpress
Published Sep 23, 2023
Last Updated Apr 8, 2026
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CVSS v3 Breakdown

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability

Affected Versions

pankajagarwal / Contact Form by FormGet – Best Form Builder Plugin for WordPress
0 ≤ 5.5.5

References

NVD ↗ CVE.org ↗ EPSS Data ↗
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/fdd73289-f292-4903-951e-6a89049d39a7?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/formget-contact-form/trunk/index.php?rev=2145639#L504

Credits

István Márton