CVE-2021-24985: The Easy Forms for Mailchimp WordPress plugin before 6.8.6 does not sanitise and escape the field_name and field_type parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-S

medium Affects easy-forms-for-mailchimp (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Easy Forms for Mailchimp WordPress plugin before 6.8.6 does not sanitise and escape the field_name and field_type parameters before outputting them back in attributes, leading to Reflected Cross-S

Package
easy-forms-for-mailchimp (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<6.8.6
Fixed in
6.8.6
Severity
medium  CVSS 6.1
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (65.8th percentile)
Published
2022-01-24
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordeasy-forms-for-mailchimp (WordPress plugin) advisories

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