Stored XSS via unsanitized Subtext setting
Published Mar 25, 2025 · Updated Mar 25, 2025
Stored XSS in Pirate Forms before 2.6.0 allows remote authenticated users with administrative access to execute scripts in visitors' browsers. The Strings settings page stores the Subtext field without sanitizing it and renders that value in posts without output escaping. Exploitation requires access to plugin settings and matters when unfiltered_html is disabled, including multisite deployments; any user who views the affected post runs the injected script.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in Pirate Forms before 2.6.0 allows remote authenticated users with administrative access to execute scripts in visitors' browsers. The Strings settings page stores the Subtext field without sanitizing it and renders that value in posts without output escaping. Exploitation requires access to plugin settings and matters when unfiltered_html is disabled, including multisite deployments; any user who views the affected post runs the injected script.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-11273
- Published
- Mar 25, 2025
- Updated
- Mar 25, 2025
- Vendor
- WPForms
- Product
- Pirate Forms
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Mar 25, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 25, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.6.0
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Public exploit references
- WPScan Subtext stored-XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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