CVE-2026-12421 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The ARforms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'password' Field Values in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00318.

Exploitation none

Automatable yes

Technical Impact partial

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References

Link	Providers
https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/arforms/trunk/core/helpers/arrecordhelper.php#L704
https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/19e48549-8a28-4626-b0b5-b781cd01fa5b?source=cve

History

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Thu, 23 Jul 2026 07:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Description		The ARforms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'password' Field Values in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.1 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Title		ARforms <= 7.2.1 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'password' Field Values
Weaknesses		CWE-79
References		https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/arforms/trunk/core/helpers/arrecordhelper.php#L704 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/19e48549-8a28-4626-b0b5-b781cd01fa5b?source=cve
Metrics		cvssV3_1 `{'score': 7.2, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Wordfence

Published: 2026-07-23T06:52:33.047Z

Updated: 2026-07-23T13:51:55.403Z

Reserved: 2026-06-16T16:51:47.324Z

Link: CVE-2026-12421

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2026-07-23T13:48:24.599Z

NVD

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Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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