CVE-2026-18100
What it is
The MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, & Custom Form Builder for Elementor plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'mf_form_id' Widget Setting in all versions up to, and including, 4.1.8 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with contributor-level access and above, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page. The payload bypasses Elementor's save-time wp_kses_post filter because it contains no HTML tags, and MetForm's own str_replace transformation of script tags into JavaScript template literal expressions provides an additional delivery path.
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited over the network with a low-privilege account. Limited direct impact.
- Exploit odds
- 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- No patch or advisory is linked yet. Look at mitigations or restrict exposure.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.4% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 6.4 MEDIUM (CVSS).
- Fix: none linked yet, which raises it.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.4% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-79 · Cross-site scripting
- Record status
- Deferred
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 6.4
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Changed
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2026-18100.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2026-18100. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
References
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.4/controls/form-picker-utils.php#L45
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.4/utils/util.php#L605
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.4/widgets/form.php#L143
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.8/controls/form-picker-utils.php#L45
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.8/utils/util.php#L605
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/metform/tags/4.1.8/widgets/form.php#L143
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset?reponame=&new=3639278%40metform%2Ftrunk&old=3618333%40metform%2Ftrunk
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/976f1f01-ad5d-413e-a208-ae4b71a61502?source=cve