Arforms
CVE-2024-4621
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization Output encoding, context-aware escaping
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Initial Access, Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 4.8 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, high privileges required, user interaction required. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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The ARForms - Premium WordPress Form Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 6.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. The ARForms - Premium WordPress Form Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 6.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup) Affected products include: Reputeinfosystems Arforms. Version information: before 6.6.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Primary rating from Vendor (wpscan) · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorVendor: wpscan
DescriptionCVE.org
The ARForms - Premium WordPress Form Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 6.6 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup)
Threat Intelligence Overview
NVD
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Attack Technique
Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
The ARForms - Premium WordPress Form Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 6.6 allows unauthenticated users to modify u
The ARForms - Premium WordPress Form Builder Plugin WordPress plugin before 6.4.1 does not properly escape user-controll
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in reputeinfosystems
Path Traversal: '.../...//' vulnerability in reputeinfosystems ARForms arforms allows Path Traversal.4.1. Rated high sev
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in reputeinfosystems ARForm
In the ARforms plugin 3.7.1 for WordPress, arf_delete_file in arformcontroller.php allows unauthenticated deletion of an
Stored cross-site scripting in the ARforms WordPress form-builder plugin (all versions through 7.2.1) lets unauthenticat
Stored cross-site scripting in the ARForms WordPress plugin (versions ≤7.1.3) allows unauthenticated remote attackers to
Missing Authorization vulnerability in reputeinfosystems ARForms arforms.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnera
Cross-site scripting in the ARForms WordPress plugin versions up to and including 7.1.2 allows unauthenticated remote at
Missing Authorization vulnerability in reputeinfosystems ARForms arforms.4. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.1), this vulnera
Reflected cross-site scripting in the ARForms WordPress plugin (versions 7.1.2 and earlier) lets an unauthenticated remo
GitHub PoC
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