CVE-2025-13993
MailerLite – Signup forms (official) <= 1.7.16 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVSS Score
5.5
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
The MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'form_description' and 'success_message' parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.7.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
| CWE | CWE-79 |
| Vendor | mailerlite |
| Product | mailerlite – signup forms (official) |
| Published | Dec 12, 2025 |
| Last Updated | Apr 8, 2026 |
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CVSS v3 Breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability
Affected Versions
mailerlite / MailerLite – Signup forms (official)
0 ≤ 1.7.16
References
wordfence.com: https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c37cc28-fde0-45c6-b49c-d6dfb296c4a5?source=cve plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Controllers/AdminController.php#L179 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Controllers/AdminController.php#L224 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Views/CustomForm.php#L38 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Views/CustomForm.php#L94 plugins.trac.wordpress.org: https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3416100/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/trunk/src/Controllers/AdminController.php
Credits
NosleeP