Fluent Forms <= 6.2.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Name Field Nested `password` Member
Priority LOW 32CWE-79Published · Updated
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 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Name Field Nested `password` Member in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.7 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.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00527 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WP ManageNinja LLC | Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder | up to 6.2.7 | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder VendorWP ManageNinja LLC Affected up to 6.2.7 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2026-16655
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-qpq7-m29x-75p8
References
Other 15
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/635e19ba-da98-459c-ab91-ff969b0812fd?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.7/boot/globals.php#L110
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.7/app/Hooks/Ajax.php#L17
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.7/app/Modules/SubmissionHandler/SubmissionHandler.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.7/app/Services/Form/SubmissionHandlerService.php#L123
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.7/app/Modules/Form/FormDataParser.php#L317
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.7/app/Services/Integrations/GlobalNotificationService.php#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.6/boot/globals.php#L110
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.6/app/Hooks/Ajax.php#L17
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.6/app/Modules/SubmissionHandler/SubmissionHandler.php#L20
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.6/app/Services/Form/SubmissionHandlerService.php#L123
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.6/app/Modules/Form/FormDataParser.php#L317
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.2.6/app/Services/Integrations/GlobalNotificationService.php#L59
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3619584/fluentform/trunk/boot/globals.php
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?old_path=%2Ffluentform/tags/6.2.7&new_path=%2Ffluentform/tags/6.2.8
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- TI-2024-11836 Ninja Tables < 5.0.17 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2023-00211 FluentSMTP < 2.2.3 - Stored XSS via Email Logs CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.4
- TI-2026-51633 Ninja Tables Pro 5.2.11 Embedded Malicious Code via Tampered Plugin Build CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
- TI-2026-51632 Fluent Forms Pro 6.2.7 Embedded Malicious Code via Tampered Plugin Build CVSS 4.0CRITICAL 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2026-16655 · CVE Program
- CVE-2026-16655 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-qpq7-m29x-75p8 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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