Script execution via unneutralized URL merge tags
Published Sep 9, 2024 · Updated Mar 26, 2025
Reflected XSS in WPMU DEV Forminator before 1.34.1 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary script in a visitor's browser. The front.mergetags.js merge-tag handler embeds information taken from the page URL into a rendered form without sufficient neutralization. Exploitation requires a visitor to follow a crafted URL to a page containing an affected Forminator form, exposing browser-accessible data or actions to the injected script.
Summary
What happened
Reflected XSS in WPMU DEV Forminator before 1.34.1 allows remote attackers to run arbitrary script in a visitor's browser. The front.mergetags.js merge-tag handler embeds information taken from the page URL into a rendered form without sufficient neutralization. Exploitation requires a visitor to follow a crafted URL to a page containing an affected Forminator form, exposing browser-accessible data or actions to the injected script.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-45625
- Published
- Sep 9, 2024
- Updated
- Mar 26, 2025
- Vendor
- WPMU DEV
- Product
- Forminator
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1189
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Sep 9, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Mar 26, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=prior to 1.34.1
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