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Fluent Forms EUVDEUVD-2026-96056

| CVE-2026-101324 MEDIUM
Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)
2026-10-10 Wordfence GHSA-9pr5-m4hw-mvv5
4.7
CVSS 3.1 · Vendor: Wordfence
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Attack ChainAIDerived

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

  1. Access
    Craft link with {get.NAME} XSS payload
  2. Delivery
    Phish victim into clicking the URL
  3. Exploit
    Payload reflected via Custom HTML URL attribute
  4. Execution
    Script executes in victim's browser
  5. Impact
    Hijack session or act as user

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 is NOT possible against a default installation. It requires a specific, documented-feature configuration created by a site administrator: a Custom HTML field on a published Fluent Forms form must contain a {get.*} SmartCode placeholder (e.g. {get.proof}) placed inside a URL-accepting attribute such as an iframe src or anchor href. Without that configuration there is no reflection sink. Limiting factors that reduce real-world risk: (1) the above non-default admin configuration must already exist; (2) UI:R - a victim must be tricked into clicking the attacker's crafted link carrying the matching query parameter; and (3) AC:H reflects the combination of these prerequisites. The attacker themselves needs no authentication (PR:N) and no account on the target site.

Impact

This is a genuine-but-moderate-priority issue, not a drop-everything emergency. The CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.7 (Medium) is driven down by AC:H and UI:R: successful exploitation chains together several conditions - AV:N (remote/network reachable) and PR:N (unauthenticated attacker), but requiring both victim interaction (UI:R, clicking a crafted link) AND a pre-existing non-default server-side configuration. The S:C scope change and C:L/I:L reflect typical reflected-XSS impact (script execution in the victim's browser context, limited confidentiality/integrity, no availability impact). No EPSS score was provided in the input, so exploitation probability cannot be quantified. The vulnerability is NOT listed in CISA KEV and there is no confirmed public exploit code in the provided data, so exploitation status is: no public exploit identified at time of analysis (the 'proof' parameter cited in the description is the researcher's own PoC placeholder name, not evidence of a published weaponized exploit). Reported by Wordfence, a credible WordPress-focused source. The combination of AC:H plus a required administrator misconfiguration means real-world exploitability is narrow and opportunistic rather than mass-automatable - treat as a routine patch-cycle item unless a site is known to use the {get.*} SmartCode pattern in Custom HTML URL attributes, in which case prioritize higher.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a URL pointing to a page hosting a vulnerable Fluent Forms form, appending a query parameter (e.g. ?proof=<script-payload>) that matches a {get.NAME} SmartCode the site admin placed inside a Custom HTML field's URL-accepting attribute (such as an iframe src or anchor href). The attacker distributes this link via phishing or a malicious post; when a logged-in user or admin clicks it, the unsanitized value is reflected into the page and the script executes in their browser, enabling session theft or actions in the victim's context. No public exploit code is confirmed in the provided data, though the reporter references a PoC parameter name.

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 – Oct 10, 2026

Reflected cross-site scripting in the Fluent Forms WordPress plugin (all versions up to and including 6.2.14) allows unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary script into pages via a crafted query parameter that is substituted into a {get.NAME} SmartCode. Exploitation is not possible on a default install: a site administrator must first have placed a {get.*} SmartCode inside a URL-accepting attribute (such as an iframe src or anchor href) within a Custom HTML field on a published form, and a victim with a session on the site must then be tricked into clicking an attacker-supplied link. No public exploit identified at time of analysis, and the issue is a genuine-but-moderate-priority problem rather than a drop-everything emergency given the non-default configuration prerequisite and the AC:H/UI:R scoring.

RemediationAI

Upstream fix available (PR/commit); released patched version not independently confirmed. The vendor has committed a change in the plugin's WordPress.org Trac changeset 3721107 (https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3721107/fluentform/trunk/app/Modules/Component/Component.php), which addresses the Component renderer path, so the primary action is to update Fluent Forms to the first release published after 6.2.14 as soon as it is available in the WordPress.org directory and to verify the installed version has advanced past 6.2.14. If updating must be deferred, the most effective compensating control is to audit every published form's Custom HTML fields and remove or neutralize any {get.*} SmartCode placed inside a URL-accepting attribute (iframe src, anchor href, and similar) by replacing it with a static URL or a non-reflective placeholder - the trade-off is that any dynamic, per-visitor link personalization implemented this way will stop working. Administrators who cannot modify those forms can temporarily unpublish or disable the affected forms/fields, which removes the reflection sink entirely at the cost of losing that page's functionality. Because the vector is AV:N/PR:N but requires UI:R, reducing the attack surface by not letting untrusted links reach logged-in users (for example tightening referrer/link hygiene and avoiding public posting of administrative URLs) lowers exposure but is not a substitute for the fix. A WAF or virtual-patching rule that blocks query-string values containing script or javascript: payloads directed at form pages can provide short-term mitigation, with the usual trade-offs of false positives and bypassability.

Affected VersionsENISA

Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 0 ≤6.2.14

Affected Packages

euvd fluent_forms_customizable_contact_forms_survey_quiz_conversational_form_builder no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

Fluent Forms is a widely deployed WordPress form-builder plugin whose 'SmartCodes' are dynamic placeholders (for example {get.proof}) that the plugin's shortcode parser replaces at render time with the value of a matching GET/query parameter. The affected code paths are the plugin's EditorShortcodeParser (app/Services/FormBuilder/EditorShortcodeParser.php, notably around lines 78 and 169), the CustomHtml form-builder component (app/Services/FormBuilder/Components/CustomHtml.php line 40), the global helper at boot/globals.php line 326, and the component renderer at app/Modules/Component/Component.php line 890. Because the substituted value is inserted into the page without adequate sanitization and output escaping, an attacker who controls the corresponding query-string name can break out of the surrounding attribute context. The root cause is CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation / cross-site scripting) - specifically a failure to escape the SmartCode replacement when it lands in an attribute that accepts a URL, so a payload such as a javascript: URI or an attribute-breaking string is emitted rather than being HTML-escaped or URL-sanitized. The reflection sink is only created when the administrator has authored a Custom HTML field containing a {get.*} token inside an iframe src, an anchor href, or a similar URL-accepting attribute - a documented, but opt-in, Fluent Forms feature. CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N reflects a network-reachable, unauthenticated injection that yields low confidentiality and integrity impact under a changed (page-origin) scope, and that depends on both a pre-existing non-default configuration and victim interaction.

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Severity by source

Vendor (Wordfence) PRIMARY 4.7 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
vuln.today AI 4.7 MEDIUM

Remote unauthenticated attacker (AV:N/PR:N) but exploitation depends on a non-default admin config and victim click, justifying AC:H and UI:R; reflected XSS executes cross-context (S:C) with limited C/I and no availability impact.

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

Primary rating from Vendor (Wordfence).

CVSS VectorVendor: Wordfence

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

DescriptionCVE.org

The Fluent Forms - Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the 'any attacker-chosen name matching the {get.NAME} placeholder (PoC uses 'proof')' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.14 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. Exploitation requires a site administrator to have configured a Custom HTML field on a published form containing a {get.*} SmartCode inside a URL-accepting attribute such as iframe src or a href - a documented Fluent Forms feature.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 91% exploitable
Prevalence
Medium
popular WordPress form-builder plugin, hundreds of thousands of installs
Data Quality
6 sources
Confidence: High

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

24
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +24
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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