CVE-2025-14855
Stored XSS in SureForms WordPress Plugin Allows Script Injection
Publication date: 2025-12-21
Last updated on: 2025-12-21
Assigner: Wordfence
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress | sureforms | 2.2.0 |
| wordpress | sureforms | 2.2.1 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-79 | The product does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes user-controllable input before it is placed in output that is used as a web page that is served to other users. |
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What immediate steps should I take to mitigate this vulnerability?
To mitigate this vulnerability, immediately update the SureForms WordPress plugin to version 2.2.1 or later, which includes security fixes addressing CVE-2025-14855. This update improves input sanitization, output escaping, and enhances type validation and notification handling to prevent stored cross-site scripting attacks. [2]
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
The vulnerability in the SureForms WordPress plugin (up to version 2.2.0) is a Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue. It occurs because the plugin does not properly sanitize input or escape output in form field parameters. This allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts into pages, which then execute whenever a user views those pages.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability can allow attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts in the context of the affected site. This can lead to theft of user credentials, session hijacking, defacement, or distribution of malware to users visiting the injected pages. Since the attack can be performed by unauthenticated users, it poses a significant security risk to site visitors and administrators.