Vulnerability · Published May 13, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2026-6828Fluent Forms <= 6.2.1 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'permission_message' Shortcode Attribute
Medium 6.4
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder from techjewel. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 10% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'permission_message' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.1 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.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| techjewel | Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder | 0 – through 6.2.1 |
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/ce2d2594-e856-4249-9467-01c0fe1c0c71?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/trunk/app/Modules/Component/Component.php#L513
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.1.20/app/Modules/Component/Component.php#L513
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/trunk/app/Modules/Component/Component.php#L467
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/fluentform/tags/6.1.20/app/Modules/Component/Component.php#L467
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?sfp_email=&sfph_mail=&reponame=&old=3513845%40fluentform&new=3513845%40fluentform&sfp_email=&sfph_mail=