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SureForms EUVDEUVD-2026-51686

| CVE-2026-7623 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-08-01 Wordfence GHSA-vvqx-954c-23g6
6.4
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Recon
    Obtain contributor-level WordPress credentials
  2. Delivery
    Create or edit page with Advanced Heading block
  3. Exploit
    Inject JavaScript payload into 'headingWrapper' parameter
  4. Install
    Payload persists in WordPress database
  5. C2
    Administrator visits injected page during content review
  6. Execute
    Script executes in admin browser session
  7. Impact
    Exfiltrate session cookie or perform privileged actions as admin

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.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires an authenticated WordPress user account with contributor-level access or higher (confirmed by CVSS PR:L). The attacker must have permission to create or edit posts and pages using the SureForms Advanced Heading Gutenberg block - specifically, they must be able to set the 'headingWrapper' block attribute. Sites that have SureForms installed but do not use the Advanced Heading block in contributor-editable contexts are not exposed via this specific parameter. Exploitation is further bounded by the requirement that a victim user must visit the page containing the injected block for payload execution, making impact dependent on site traffic patterns and whether privileged users review contributor content. Factors limiting exploitation: contributor-role user accounts must exist on the site (many production WordPress sites disable open contributor registration); the SureForms plugin must be installed and active with the Advanced Heading block in use; and payload execution depends on victim page visits rather than being fully autonomous.

Impact

The provided CVSS score of 6.4 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N) reflects medium severity, but the UI:N rating warrants scrutiny - stored XSS requires a victim to actively visit the injected page, which aligns with UI:R under standard CVSS 3.1 conventions; this would lower the effective score to approximately 5.4. No EPSS data was provided, and this CVE does not appear in CISA KEV, so active exploitation is unconfirmed. Real-world risk is moderate but context-dependent: the authentication barrier (contributor-level) limits the attack surface to sites that allow untrusted contributors, while the scope change (S:C) elevates impact because a contributor-planted payload targeting an administrator's session can yield full site compromise. Sites with tightly controlled contributor rosters face meaningfully lower risk than those with open contributor registration. No public exploit has been identified, but the vulnerability is straightforward to exploit for anyone with valid contributor credentials.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker registers or compromises a contributor-level WordPress account, then creates or edits a post containing a SureForms Advanced Heading block and sets the 'headingWrapper' parameter to a JavaScript payload designed to exfiltrate the visitor's session cookie to an attacker-controlled endpoint. When a WordPress administrator subsequently visits the page to review or approve the content, the script executes silently in their browser, transmitting the admin session token and allowing the attacker to take full control of the WordPress site. No public proof-of-concept exploit code has been identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Aug 01, 2026

Stored Cross-Site Scripting in the SureForms WordPress plugin (all versions through 2.8.1) allows authenticated contributors to inject persistent JavaScript payloads via the unsanitized 'headingWrapper' parameter in the Advanced Heading Gutenberg block. Any user who subsequently visits a page containing the injected block triggers script execution in their browser, creating a realistic path to admin session hijacking when site administrators review contributor-submitted content. No public exploit code has been identified at time of analysis, and a patch is available in version 2.8.2.

RemediationAI

Vendor-released patch: 2.8.2. Administrators should update the SureForms plugin to version 2.8.2 or later immediately via the WordPress admin dashboard (Plugins > Updates) or WP-CLI (wp plugin update sureforms). The fix is documented in WordPress plugin repository changeset 3523295, which modifies class-advanced-heading.php to properly sanitize and escape the 'headingWrapper' parameter. Prior to patching, the most effective compensating control is to audit and restrict contributor-level accounts to verified, trusted users only - revoking contributor access for untrusted or unknown users eliminates the attack surface entirely, at the trade-off of reduced content contribution workflows. Alternatively, temporarily deactivating the SureForms plugin removes the risk surface at the cost of losing all form functionality on the site. Generic WAF rules blocking script injection in POST parameters may provide partial mitigation but are not a reliable substitute for patching stored XSS at the application layer.

Affected VersionsENISA

SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 0 ≤2.8.1

Affected Packages

euvd sureforms_contact_form_builder_ai_forms_payment_form_survey_quiz no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

Checking this CVE against your own stacks and servers is part of the Basic plan and up.

Technical ContextAI · show details

SureForms is a WordPress form-builder and Gutenberg block plugin by Brainstorm Force, identified by CPE cpe:2.3:a:brainstormforce:sureforms_-_contact_form_builder,_ai_forms,_payment_form,_survey_&_quiz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*. The vulnerable component is the Advanced Heading Gutenberg block, implemented in modules/gutenberg/dist/blocks/advanced-heading/class-advanced-heading.php at lines 663 and 729 (confirmed via WordPress Trac source references). The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation): the 'headingWrapper' parameter, which controls the HTML wrapper element type rendered around heading content, is written to the database and output to the page without adequate sanitization or escaping. This allows raw HTML and JavaScript to be stored and later rendered verbatim in visitors' browsers whenever the block is displayed.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Wordfence) PRIMARY 6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Stored XSS requires victim page visit (UI:R, not UI:N); scope changes to victim browser (S:C); contributor authentication required (PR:L); no availability impact.

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:P/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Changed
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

The SureForms - Contact Form, Payment Form & Other Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'headingWrapper' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 89% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress form-builder plugin, not universally deployed
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
5 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium
Technical Impact
Partial

Priority Score

32
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +32
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

Cross-Site Scripting occurs when an application accepts untrusted data and sends it to a web browser without proper validation or encoding.

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