Vulnerability record
CVE-2026-12427
The short answer
CVE-2026-12427 affects n/a ARforms and is rated high (CVSS 7.2). It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
What it is
The ARforms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'description' parameter in all versions up to, and including, 7.2.4 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. The injected payload is deserialized via maybe_unserialize() when an administrator views the affected entry; if the attacker's array contains a 'referrer' key, the attacker-controlled page_url and http_referrer values are used as-is and rendered unescaped into the admin entry detail view.
Weakness: CWE-79.
Severity
7.2 high
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Exploited (CISA KEV)
Not listed
CISA lists confirmed exploitation only
EPSS, next 30 days
No score
FIRST scores CVEs within a day of publication
How it can be exploited
- Attack vector
- Network
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality impact
- Low
- Integrity impact
- Low
- Availability impact
- None
Affected products
ARforms. NVD's record lists the exact affected versions.
References
Questions
Is CVE-2026-12427 being exploited?
It is not in CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as of 2026-11-11.
How do I fix CVE-2026-12427?
Follow the vendor advisory in the references below. NVD lists the affected versions under its configurations.
From NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS and OSV.dev, checked . Status on NVD: Deferred. The description is NVD's text, quoted as published.
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