Medium severity6.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 17, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-13861

Description

The HTML Forms – Simple WordPress Forms Plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting in all versions up to and including 1.6.0 due to insufficient sanitization of fabricated file upload field metadata before displaying it in the WordPress admin dashboard. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute whenever an administrator accesses the form submissions page.

Patches

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Vulnerability mechanics

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References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html-forms/trunk/src/functions.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/html-forms/trunk/src/functions.phpnvd
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changesetnvd
www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/52e2f1b9-d240-4813-9124-51bd6b047553nvd

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