wpmudev Forminator Forms Plugin up to 1.38.2 on WordPress Title cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in wpmudev Forminator Forms Plugin up to 1.38.2 on WordPress. It has been classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation of the argument Title leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-0470. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit.

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A vulnerability was found in wpmudev Forminator Forms Plugin up to 1.38.2 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation of the argument title with an unknown input leads to a cross site scripting vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-79. The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. Impacted is integrity. The summary by CVE is:

The Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the title parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.38.2 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.

The weakness was presented by Asaf Mozes. The advisory is shared at wordfence.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2025-0470 since 01/14/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• wpmudev

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• Forminator Forms Plugin

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• 1.38.0
• 1.38.1
• 1.38.2

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