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Vulnerability · CVE-2026-88996

Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Published Sep 25, 2026 · catalog updated Sep 25, 2026 · WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More

Patch now

CVE-2026-88996 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Severity
Unknown—
Known exploitation
CISA KEV and VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
0.27%
Remediation
Remediation guidance
Affected products
stated WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More · vendor smub WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More

The WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'page_title' POST Parameter via {page_title} Smart Tag in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This is only exploitable on forms whose admin-authored confirmation

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  • stated WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More<= 2.0.2
  • vendor smub WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & Moreversion unspecified

How to fix CVE-2026-88996

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

CVE-2026-88996 is in the CISA known-exploited catalog. Confirm WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More against the vendor advisory and apply that fix. The CVSS score does not change the priority.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More <= 2.0.2. Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.27%. The CISA KEV listing is the exploitation evidence. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Technology hubs

WordPress security

Code

The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.

No public source repository is identified for this product.

Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Sep 25, 2026 · VulnCheck KEV

    Detected

    The WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'page_title' POST Parameter via {page_title} Smart Tag in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbi

  2. Sep 25, 2026 · CISA KEV

    Known exploited

    Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.

Sources

  • CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2026-88996

    Official CVE identifier

    cve.org
  • FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2026-88996

    30-day exploitation probability 0.3%

    first.org
  • VulnCheck KEVConfirmed exploitationCVE-2026-88996

    The WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'page_title' POST Parameter via {page_title} Smart Tag in all versions up to, and including, 2.0.2 due to

    vulncheck.com

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.