CVE-2023-7063 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WPForms Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via form submission parameters in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01381.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpforms Subscribe	Wpforms Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpforms:wpforms:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2023-59250	The WPForms Pro plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via form submission parameters in all versions up to, and including, 1.8.5.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpforms.com/docs/how-to-view-recent-changes-to-the-wpforms-plugin-changelog/#1-8-5-4-2023-12-27
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/31c080b8-ba00-4e96-8961-2a1c3a017004?source=cve

History

Fri, 30 May 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2024-01-20T08:38:28.800Z

Updated: 2025-05-30T14:24:22.539Z

Reserved: 2023-12-21T18:09:00.474Z

Link: CVE-2023-7063

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-02T08:50:07.771Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-01-20T09:15:07.520

Modified: 2025-05-30T15:15:28.363

Link: CVE-2023-7063

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-79

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