HT Contact Form <= 2.8.2 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via File Upload Field
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The HT Contact Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder for WordPress plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'file_upload' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 2.8.2 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. Exploitation requires the 'Store Submissions' setting to be enabled, as this controls whether unsanitized field values are persisted to the database and subsequently rendered via dangerouslySetInnerHTML in the admin entry viewer.
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- Yes
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| devitemsllc | HT Contact Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder for WordPress | up to 2.8.2 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- HT Contact Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder for WordPress Vendordevitemsllc Affected up to 2.8.2 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE names Threatist (inferred) · 1
Inferred from how NVD named this product before; not given by a source.
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:hasthemes:download_contact_form_7_widget_for_elementor_page_builder_\&_gutenberg_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | — | — | devitemsllc |
- cpe:2.3:a:hasthemes:download_contact_form_7_widget_for_elementor_page_builder_\&_gutenberg_blocks:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions — — ·devitemsllc
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-7052
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jvfv-xgr4-q7p3
References
Other 12
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/edb0ee0c-1eab-4988-9eb6-cc0c253fee15?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/trunk/admin/Includes/Api/Endpoints/Submission.php#L403
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/tags/2.8.2/admin/Includes/Api/Endpoints/Submission.php#L403
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/trunk/admin/Includes/Models/Entries.php#L298
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/tags/2.8.2/admin/Includes/Models/Entries.php#L298
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/trunk/admin/Includes/Api/Endpoints/Submission.php#L126
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/tags/2.8.2/admin/Includes/Api/Endpoints/Submission.php#L126
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/trunk/admin/Includes/Api/Endpoints/Submission.php#L108
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/tags/2.8.2/admin/Includes/Api/Endpoints/Submission.php#L108
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/trunk/admin/dist/bundle.js#L2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/ht-contactform/tags/2.8.2/admin/dist/bundle.js#L2
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&new=3521197%40ht-contactform%2Ftrunk&old=3499444%40ht-contactform%2Ftrunk
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Sources
- CVE-2026-7052 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-7052 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jvfv-xgr4-q7p3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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