Stored XSS via unescaped form placeholder
Published Jun 30, 2025 · Updated Jun 30, 2025
Stored XSS in GhozyLab Easy Contact Form Lite before 1.1.29 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript via form placeholders. The form builder saves a placeholder value without sanitization and renders it into HTML without attribute escaping. Contributor-level access is required, and the script executes in the context of any user who loads the crafted form, including an administrator.
Summary
What happened
Stored XSS in GhozyLab Easy Contact Form Lite before 1.1.29 allows remote authenticated users to execute JavaScript via form placeholders. The form builder saves a placeholder value without sanitization and renders it into HTML without attribute escaping. Contributor-level access is required, and the script executes in the context of any user who loads the crafted form, including an administrator.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2025-5730
- Published
- Jun 30, 2025
- Updated
- Jun 30, 2025
- Vendor
- GhozyLab
- Product
- Easy Contact Form Lite
- Classifications
- CWE-79, T1059.007
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jun 30, 2025CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.1.29
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Published CVSS scores
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Attacks
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Weakness, pattern, technique
Public exploit references
- Placeholder-field stored XSS proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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