Simple Basic Contact Form Plugin up to 20250114 on WordPress Link cross site scripting

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A vulnerability was found in Simple Basic Contact Form Plugin up to 20250114 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component Link Handler. The manipulation leads to cross site scripting. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2026-8172. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Simple Basic Contact Form Plugin up to 20250114 on WordPress. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Link Handler. The manipulation 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 Simple Basic Contact Form WordPress plugin through 20250114 does not escape user-supplied input before reflecting it into the contact form output on validation errors, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability that unauthenticated attackers can exploit against site visitors via a crafted link or cross-site form submission.

The weakness was shared by Juthawong Naisanguansee. The advisory is shared at wpscan.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2026-8172 since 05/08/2026. 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. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1059.007 for this issue.

Applying the patch 20250114 is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2026-38418). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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• WordPress Plugin

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• Simple Basic Contact Form Plugin

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• 20250114

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