{"id":"CVE-2026-112379","kind":"vulnerability","aliases":["CVE-2026-112379"],"related":[],"title":"Contact Form Email WordPress plugin: stored XSS through 1.3.68","description":"Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') vulnerability in Codepeople Contact Form Email contact-form-to-email allows Stored XSS.This issue affects Contact Form Email: from n/a through 1.3.68.","summary":"The Contact Form Email plugin by Codepeople, versions through 1.3.68, does not neutralize input before rendering it in a page, which makes it a stored cross-site scripting flaw. An attacker who can get script into a form field can run JavaScript in the browser of anyone who later views the stored data, such as an administrator.","severity":"high","cvss":7.1,"epss":0.00146,"exploited":false,"exploited_at":null,"products":[],"ecosystems":[],"tags":["contact-form-to-email","package","self-hosted","wordpress"],"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"how_to_check":"- Check whether the `contact-form-to-email` plugin is installed and its version in the WordPress admin plugins list or `wp plugin list`\n- unknown for any other check, the sources do not say which pages or settings render the stored input","fix":"- Update Contact Form Email (contact-form-to-email) to a version later than `1.3.68`, or remove the plugin if it is not needed\n- unknown whether a patched version number is published in the sources","status":"open","published_at":"2026-10-22T09:17:14+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00","triaged_at":"2026-10-25T03:31:40+00:00","updated_at":"2026-10-25T03:31:40+00:00","category":"package","confidence":0.6,"triage":{"at":"2026-10-25T03:31:40Z","model":"claude-haiku-5-5","output":{"fix":"- Update Contact Form Email (contact-form-to-email) to a version later than `1.3.68`, or remove the plugin if it is not needed\n- unknown whether a patched version number is published in the sources","reach":"internet","title":"Contact Form Email WordPress plugin: stored XSS through 1.3.68","impact":"medium","summary":"The Contact Form Email plugin by Codepeople, versions through 1.3.68, does not neutralize input before rendering it in a page, which makes it a stored cross-site scripting flaw. An attacker who can get script into a form field can run JavaScript in the browser of anyone who later views the stored data, such as an administrator.","category":"package","nicknames":[],"who_cares":["wordpress","contact-form-to-email","self-hosted"],"confidence":0.6,"needs_auth":"unknown","worst_case":"Attacker script runs in staff browsers viewing stored submissions","analyst_note":"Check the WordPress.org plugin changelog or the Wordfence/NVD entry for the fixed version and whether a submitter needs no account to trigger the stored XSS.","how_to_check":"- Check whether the `contact-form-to-email` plugin is installed and its version in the WordPress admin plugins list or `wp plugin list`\n- unknown for any other check, the sources do not say which pages or settings render the stored input","needs_analyst":true,"not_affected_if":["plugin-not-installed"],"who_is_affected":"Sites running the Contact Form Email plugin at version 1.3.68 or earlier are exposed, where form submissions are displayed back to staff in a browser. 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Sites that do not have this plugin installed can skip it.","tier":"B","verified":{},"analyst_revisit_at":null,"first_public_at":"2026-10-22T09:17:14+00:00","kev":null,"cvss_vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L","cvss_by":"audit@patchstack.com","poc_count":0,"sources":[{"source":"nvd","external_id":"CVE-2026-112379","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-112379","severity":null,"published_at":"2026-10-22T09:17:14+00:00","modified_at":"2026-10-22T15:15:23+00:00","first_seen_at":"2026-10-23T21:57:30+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-23T22:29:02+00:00","note":null},{"source":"epss","external_id":"CVE-2026-112379","url":"https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2026-112379","severity":null,"published_at":null,"modified_at":null,"first_seen_at":"2026-10-24T07:15:52+00:00","fetched_at":"2026-10-24T07:15:52+00:00","note":null}],"documents":[],"notice":"Free to read at a human pace. 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