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CVE-2023-2718: The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability.

medium Affects contact-form-email (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

The Contact Form Email WordPress plugin before 1.3.38 does not escape submitted values before displaying them in the HTML, leading to a Stored XSS vulnerability.

Package
contact-form-email (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions
<1.3.38
Fixed in
1.3.38
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.4
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 1% (43.0th percentile)
Published
2023-06-12
Source
nvd

References

CWE-79
NVD recordcontact-form-email (WordPress plugin) advisories

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