Medium severity · published Jun 10, 2026
CVE-2026-8853
MW WP Form <= 5.1.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'memo' Parameter
4.4
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The MW WP Form plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'memo' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 5.1.3 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with editor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. Because the memo value is stored via update_post_meta() rather than wp_insert_post(), WordPress's built-in kses and unfiltered_html protections do not apply, allowing attackers to break out of the textarea element via injected closing tags regardless of role-based content filtering.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
High
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 22% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
MW
MW WP Form · websoudan
through 5.1.3 · source: vendor
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-8853
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-8853
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.0/classes/controllers/class.contact-data.php#L134
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.0/templates/contact-data/detail.php#L77
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.3/classes/controllers/class.contact-data.php#L134
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.3/templates/contact-data/detail.php#L77
plugins.trac.wordpress.org
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.3&new_path=mw-wp-form/tags/5.1.4
www.wordfence.com
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/2a6dfdec-c1c6-4300-ab0a-9fd1c550d09f?source=cve
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