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CVE-2026-5169

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.4 EPSS 0.25%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2026-04-08 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.4. It affects WordPress. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated.

CVE
CVE-2026-5169
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.4
EPSS
0.25%
WordPress

Original NVD Description

The Inquiry Form to Posts or Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Form Header' field in versions up to and including 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization when saving via update_option() and lack of output escaping when displaying the stored value. The vulnerability exists in two locations: (1) the plugin settings page at inq_form.php line 180 where the value is echoed into an HTML attribute without esc_attr(), and (2) the front-end shortcode output at inquery_form_to_posts_or_pages.php line 139 where the value is output in HTML content without esc_html(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses the plugin settings page or views a page containing the [inquiry_form] shortcode.