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WordPress Plugin: formidable: CVE-2017-20192: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 13, 2017
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The Formidable Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via multiple parameters submitted during form entries like 'after_html' in versions before 2.05.03 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts that execute in a victim's browser.

Solution

formidable-plugin-cve-2017-20192
Title
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