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CVE-2026-91073: CWE-79 Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) in Subscribe Forms

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Medium
VulnerabilityCVE-2026-91073cvecve-2026-91073cwe-79
Published: 09/23/2026 (09/23/2026, 06:00:22 UTC)
Source: CVE Database V5
Product: Subscribe Forms

Description

The Subscribe Forms WordPress plugin before 1.6.3 does not sanitise and escape one of its form settings before outputting it in a page, allowing authenticated users with the Author role and above to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks that execute in the browser of any visitor who views a page embedding the form, including logged-out visitors and administrators.

CVSS v3.1

Score 6.8medium

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
High
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected software

Subscribe Forms

Affected versions
>=1.4.1 <1.6.3

AI-Powered Analysis

Machine-generated threat intelligence

AILast updated: 09/23/2026, 06:18:02 UTC

Technical Analysis

CVE-2026-91073 is a stored Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability in the Subscribe Forms WordPress plugin prior to version 1.6.3. The vulnerability arises from insufficient sanitization and escaping of a form setting, allowing authenticated users with Author role or higher to inject malicious scripts. These scripts execute in the context of any visitor viewing a page embedding the vulnerable form, potentially compromising user sessions or performing other malicious actions in the victim's browser.

Potential Impact

Successful exploitation allows an authenticated user with Author or higher privileges to inject persistent malicious scripts into pages containing the Subscribe Forms plugin. These scripts execute in the browsers of all visitors to the page, including logged-out users and administrators, potentially leading to session hijacking, defacement, or other client-side attacks.

Mitigation Recommendations

Upgrade the Subscribe Forms plugin to version 1.6.3 or later, where this vulnerability has been fixed. No other mitigation is required if the plugin is updated. Patch status is confirmed by the version range indicating the fix in 1.6.3.

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Technical Details

Data Version
5.2
Assigner Short Name
WPScan
Date Reserved
2026-09-14T17:17:04.251Z
State
PUBLISHED

Threat ID: 6ab36d45f7a7c541065abccf

Added to database: 09/23/2026, 06:10:13 UTC

Last enriched: 09/23/2026, 06:18:02 UTC

Last updated: 09/24/2026, 03:41:28 UTC

Views: 11

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