Vulnerability · Published Aug 25, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-18100MetForm <= 4.1.8 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'mf_form_id' Widget Setting
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor from roxnor. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.4% (higher than 33% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'mf_form_id' Widget Setting in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload bypasses Elementor's save-time wp_kses_post filter because it contains no HTML tags, and MetForm's own str_replace transformation of script tags into JavaScript template literal expressions provides an additional delivery path.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| roxnor | MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor | 0 – through 4.1.8 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/976f1f01-ad5d-413e-a208-ae4b71a61502?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.8/utils/util.php#L605
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.8/controls/form-picker-utils.php#L45
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.8/widgets/form.php#L143
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.4/utils/util.php#L605
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.4/controls/form-picker-utils.php#L45
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.4/widgets/form.php#L143
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3639278%40metform%2Ftrunk&old=3618333%40metform%2Ftrunk