GHSA-J4GW-PX6W-59J5

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-04-08 09:31 – Updated: 2026-04-08 09:31
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The Inquiry Form to Posts or Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'Form Header' field in versions up to and including 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization when saving via update_option() and lack of output escaping when displaying the stored value. The vulnerability exists in two locations: (1) the plugin settings page at inq_form.php line 180 where the value is echoed into an HTML attribute without esc_attr(), and (2) the front-end shortcode output at inquery_form_to_posts_or_pages.php line 139 where the value is output in HTML content without esc_html(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses the plugin settings page or views a page containing the [inquiry_form] shortcode.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2026-5169"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-79"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2026-04-08T07:16:23Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The Inquiry Form to Posts or Pages plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the \u0027Form Header\u0027 field in versions up to and including 1.0. This is due to insufficient input sanitization when saving via update_option() and lack of output escaping when displaying the stored value. The vulnerability exists in two locations: (1) the plugin settings page at inq_form.php line 180 where the value is echoed into an HTML attribute without esc_attr(), and (2) the front-end shortcode output at inquery_form_to_posts_or_pages.php line 139 where the value is output in HTML content without esc_html(). This makes it possible for authenticated attackers with administrator-level access to inject arbitrary web scripts that will execute whenever a user accesses the plugin settings page or views a page containing the [inquiry_form] shortcode.",
  "id": "GHSA-j4gw-px6w-59j5",
  "modified": "2026-04-08T09:31:31Z",
  "published": "2026-04-08T09:31:30Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-5169"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/tags/1.0/inq_form.php#L180"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/tags/1.0/inq_form.php#L63"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/tags/1.0/inquery_form_to_posts_or_pages.php#L139"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/trunk/inq_form.php#L180"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/trunk/inq_form.php#L63"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/inquiry-form-to-posts-or-pages/trunk/inquery_form_to_posts_or_pages.php#L139"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/743788ed-bd40-4eb4-a27e-d4eb89df3a41?source=cve"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}



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