CVE-2025-3794: WPForms Lite <= 1.9.5 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'start_timestamp' Parameter
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-3794 is a medium (CVSS 5.4) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in smub wpforms – easy form builder for wordpress – contact forms, payment forms, surveys, & more. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.4% of scored vulnerabilities.
Timeline
- 09-05-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-04-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The WPForms – Easy Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Surveys, & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the start_timestamp parameter in all versions up to, and including, 1.9.5 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.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- wordfenceSource5.4MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.30%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
21%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.01 pp
From 0.29% on 22-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Smub1 product
Wordpress1 product
- wpforms-lite≤ 1.9.5 (fixed in 1.9.5.1)
2 vendors · 2 products