Vulnerability · Published Dec 12, 2025 · Assigned by Wordfence
CVE-2025-13993MailerLite – Signup forms (official) <= 1.7.16 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in MailerLite – Signup forms (official) from mailerlite. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.3% (higher than 28% of all known vulnerabilities).
Official description
The MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'form_description' and 'success_message' parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.7.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| mailerlite | MailerLite – Signup forms (official) | 0 – through 1.7.16 |
Weakness: CWE-79 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
References
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c37cc28-fde0-45c6-b49c-d6dfb296c4a5?source=cve
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Controllers/AdminController.php#L179
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Controllers/AdminController.php#L224
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Views/CustomForm.php#L38
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Views/CustomForm.php#L94
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3416100/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/trunk/src/Controllers/AdminController.php