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CVE-2026-16649

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.19% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS · Published 2026-09-05 · Last synced 2026-09-17

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The Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) due to inadequate input sanitization and output escaping, affecting all versions up to 2.10.5. This vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts that execute when users access compromised pages, potentially leading to data theft or session hijacking. WordPress site administrators using this plugin should prioritize patching to mitigate the risk of exploitation.

Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2026-16649
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.19%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

The Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Post Body Field Value in all versions up to, and including, 2.10.5 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The exploit survives save-time sanitization because wp_kses_post allows the required HTML tags and attributes, and the client-side tooltip script re-parses the browser-decoded aria-label value as innerHTML while only stripping script elements, leaving onerror and other event-handler attributes fully intact and executable.