Attack ChainAIDerived
Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain
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AccessAuthenticate as low-privileged user
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DeliverySubmit form with crafted XSS payload
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ExploitPayload stored in SureForms entry
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ExecutionAdmin views submission in dashboard
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PersistScript executes in admin browser session
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ImpactHijack session or perform privileged actions
Vulnerability Assessment
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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 (1) an authenticated account with at least submission/low-level privileges on the target WordPress site (PR:L) and (2) a higher-privileged user - typically an administrator - subsequently viewing the stored form data, satisfying the required user interaction (UI:R). The payload is injected via a SureForms form field whose input is improperly neutralized before being rendered in a web page (admin entry/review view). Limiting factors: this is not remote-unauthenticated - an attacker must first obtain a low-privileged foothold and rely on a victim admin opening the malicious submission; impact is confined to the affected plugin (SureForms ≤ 2.12.7) on WordPress installations. |
| Impact | This is a moderate-severity Stored XSS (CWE-79) in the SureForms WordPress plugin, scored CVSS 6.5 by Patchstack. The vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C indicates network-reachable, low-complexity exploitation but requires an authenticated low-privileged account (PR:L) and victim interaction (UI:R), with a scope change (S:C) reflecting that injected script executes in another user's browser context - typically an administrator viewing stored form submissions. Impact is limited (C:L/I:L/A:L), consistent with session/content compromise rather than direct system takeover. No EPSS score, CISA KEV listing, or public POC is present in the provided data, so there is no public exploit identified at time of analysis and no evidence of active exploitation; the PR:L + UI:R combination further constrains real-world risk to scenarios where an attacker already holds a submitter/contributor-level foothold and an admin is lured into triggering the payload. This is a legitimate patch-worthy issue but not an emergency: treat it as a medium-priority fix rather than a high-urgency one, noting all signals (CVSS, absent EPSS/KEV/POC) are mutually consistent and none conflict. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | An attacker with a low-privileged account (or who can submit form entries) injects a malicious script payload into a SureForms field that is stored and later rendered in the WordPress admin dashboard. When an administrator reviews the submission, the script executes in their authenticated session, enabling session hijacking or actions performed as the admin. No public exploit code is identified at time of analysis. |
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Alert meAnalysisAIv1 – Oct 13, 2026
Stored cross-site scripting in the Brainstorm Force SureForms WordPress plugin (all versions through 2.12.7) allows an authenticated low-privileged user to inject script payloads through form fields that execute when a higher-privileged user, typically an administrator, later views the stored submission. Rated CVSS 6.5 (AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L), the flaw requires an existing submission-capable account plus victim-driven user interaction, so it is not remotely exploitable without authentication. No public exploit code and no confirmed active exploitation were identified at time of analysis.
RemediationAI
Update the SureForms plugin to a release newer than 2.12.7 as soon as one is available from the WordPress plugin repository or the vendor; the provided intelligence does not confirm an exact fixed version number, so verify the patched release against the Patchstack advisory at https://patchstack.com/database/wordpress/plugin/sureforms/vulnerability/wordpress-sureforms-plugin-2-12-7-cross-site-scripting-xss-vulnerability?_s_id=cve before relying on it, and treat any version at or below 2.12.7 as vulnerable. If the plugin cannot be updated immediately, reduce exposure by restricting form submission capability to trusted roles, reviewing and where possible disabling public or low-privilege form submissions, and auditing existing stored entries for injected markup - noting that these measures break legitimate workflows and only reduce, not eliminate, the risk. Because exploitation depends on an administrator opening a poisoned entry, limiting the number of accounts with admin-level entry-review access and enforcing least privilege on submission roles lower the likelihood of a successful trigger, though they do not remediate the underlying output-encoding defect. Additional compensating controls such as a WAF rule targeting script injection in form submission parameters may help but carry false-positive and bypass risk, and none of these substitutes for applying the vendor fix.
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Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)
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Technical ContextAI · show details
The root cause is CWE-79, improper neutralization of input during web page generation, in its stored (persistent) variant. SureForms is a WordPress form builder plugin: users submit data through rendered forms, and that data is persisted and later displayed back in administrative entry/review screens. Because the plugin fails to properly encode or sanitize those stored field values before they are emitted into the HTML of the admin view, an attacker-controlled string can be interpreted as markup and script by the victim's browser in the context of the WordPress admin session. The CVSS vector's scope-change component (S:C) reflects that script executing in the admin context can act on the broader WordPress installation rather than being confined to the plugin's own origin, while the low confidentiality/integrity availability values (C:L/I:L/A:L) and the required user interaction (UI:R) constrain the realistic blast radius. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:brainstorm_force:sureforms:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* confirms that the affected component is the SureForms plugin across its version line, with the vendor advisory noting the affected range runs through 2.12.7.
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Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
Authenticated low-priv submitter injects stored script (PR:L), admin must view it (UI:R), script runs in admin's browser crossing a security boundary (S:C), with limited confidentiality/integrity/availability impact.
Primary rating from Vendor (Patchstack).
CVSS VectorVendor: Patchstack
DescriptionCVE.org
Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Brainstorm Force SureForms sureforms allows Stored XSS.This issue affects SureForms: from n/a through 2.12.7.
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Attack Technique
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EUVD-2026-98351
GHSA-h9h6-5gvf-xhxp
NVD
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