PLUGIN SECURITY
Is Wpforms Lite safe?
The best WordPress contact form plugin. Drag & Drop form builder to create beautiful contact forms, payment forms, & other custom forms.
What this plugin does
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wpforms-lite - Author: Syed Balkhi
- 5000000+ active installs
- 96/100 rating (14386 reviews on wordpress.org)
- 364219318 all-time downloads
- On WordPress.org since 2016-03-14
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Maintenance status
- Latest known version: 2.0.0.2
- Last updated: 2026-10-22 12:32pm GMT
- Tested up to WordPress: 7.1.3
- Requires PHP: 7.2+
Known vulnerabilities
24 known CVEs on file for Wpforms Lite.
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-82844 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] >= 1.10.0.1 - < 2.0.2.2 | Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity | Medium 5.3 | 1.10.0.1–2.0.2.2 | 2.0.2.2 | 2026-10-09 | ⚠ update needed |
| CVE-2026-74991 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] >= 1.8.8.2 - < 2.0.2 | Improper Access Control | Unknown | 1.8.8.2–2.0.2 | 2.0.2 | 2026-09-24 | ⚠ update needed |
| CVE-2026-84744 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] >= 1.5.0.1 - < 2.0.2.1 | Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection') | Medium 6.5 | 1.5.0.1–2.0.2.1 | 2.0.2.1 | 2026-09-24 | ⚠ update needed |
| CVE-2026-101921 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 2.0.2.2 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 4.7 | < 2.0.2.2 | 2.0.2.2 | 2026-09-24 | ⚠ update needed |
| CVE-2026-15782 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 2.0.0.2 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 4.9 | < 2.0.0.2 | 2.0.0.2 | 2026-07-20 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2026-88996 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 2.0.2.1 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.1 | < 2.0.2.1 | 2.0.2.1 | 2026-07-20 | ⚠ update needed |
| CVE-2026-12127 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.10.2.1 | Improper Neutralization of CRLF Sequences ('CRLF Injection') | Medium 5.3 | < 1.10.2.1 | 1.10.2.1 | 2026-06-30 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2026-4986 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.10.0.5 | Missing Authorization | Unknown | < 1.10.0.5 | 1.10.0.5 | 2026-06-09 | ✓ fixed in latest |
+ 33 more known vulnerabilities
| CVE | Vulnerability | Type | Severity | Affected | Fixed in | Published | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-7792 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.10.0.5 | Insufficient Verification of Data Authenticity | Medium 5.3 | < 1.10.0.5 | 1.10.0.5 | 2026-06-05 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2026-48835 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.10.0.5 | Missing Authorization | High 7.5 | < 1.10.0.5 | 1.10.0.5 | 2026-05-28 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2026-40764 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.10.0.3 | — | High 8.1 | < 1.10.0.3 | 1.10.0.3 | 2026-03-31 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2026-25339 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.9.9.2 | Insertion of Sensitive Information Into Sent Data | Medium 6.5 | < 1.9.9.2 | 1.9.9.2 | 2026-03-23 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2026-32446 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.9.9.4 | Missing Authorization | Medium 4.3 | < 1.9.9.4 | 1.9.9.4 | 2026-03-07 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2020-36919 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] == 1.7.8 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.1 | < 1.7.8 | 1.7.8 | 2026-01-13 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2024-13403 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.9.3.2 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 6.4 | < 1.9.3.2 | 1.9.3.2 | 2025-02-03 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2024-56276 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.9.2.3 | Missing Authorization | Medium 4.3 | < 1.9.2.3 | 1.9.2.3 | 2025-01-03 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2024-11205 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] >= 1.8.4 - < 1.9.2.2 | Missing Authorization | Medium 6.5 | 1.8.4–1.9.2.2 | 1.9.2.2 | 2024-12-09 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2024-11223 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.9.2.3 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 4.7 | < 1.9.2.3 | 1.9.2.3 | 2024-12-05 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2024-10593 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.9.2.1 | Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) | Medium 4.3 | < 1.9.2.1 | 1.9.2.1 | 2024-11-12 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2024-7056 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.9.1.6 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Low 3.5 | < 1.9.1.6 | 1.9.1.6 | 2024-11-04 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2024-3649 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.8.8.2 | External Control of Assumed-Immutable Web Parameter | Medium 5.3 | < 1.8.8.2 | 1.8.8.2 | 2024-05-01 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2023-30500 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.8.1.3 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 5.8 | < 1.8.1.3 | 1.8.1.3 | 2023-06-20 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.7.5.5 | — | Unknown | < 1.7.5.5 | 1.7.5.5 | 2022-09-19 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.7.5.5 | — | Unknown | < 1.7.5.5 | 1.7.5.5 | 2022-09-19 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.6.0.2 | — | Unknown | < 1.6.0.2 | 1.6.0.2 | 2020-07-01 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.6.0.2 | — | Unknown | < 1.6.0.2 | 1.6.0.2 | 2020-05-21 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2020-10385 | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.5.9 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 5.4 | < 1.5.9 | 1.5.9 | 2020-02-18 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.4.8.1 | — | Unknown | < 1.4.8.1 | 1.4.8.1 | 2018-12-10 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.4.8.1 | — | Unknown | < 1.4.8.1 | 1.4.8.1 | 2018-12-10 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.4.8 | — | Unknown | < 1.4.8 | 1.4.8 | 2018-12-07 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.4.8 | — | Unknown | < 1.4.8 | 1.4.8 | 2018-09-18 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.9.5.1 | Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') | Medium 5.4 | < 1.9.5.1 | 1.9.5.1 | 0000-00-00 | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.7.5.5 | — | Unknown | < 1.7.5.5 | 1.7.5.5 | — | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.6.0.2 | — | Unknown | < 1.6.0.2 | 1.6.0.2 | — | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.4.8.1 | — | Unknown | < 1.4.8.1 | 1.4.8.1 | — | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More [wpforms-lite] < 1.4.8 | — | Unknown | < 1.4.8 | 1.4.8 | — | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | Contact Form by WPForms < 1.4.8 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | — | Unknown | < 1.4.8 | 1.4.8 | — | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | Contact Form by WPForms < 1.4.8.1 - Unauthenticated Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | — | Unknown | < 1.4.8.1 | 1.4.8.1 | — | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | Contact Form by WPForms < 1.6.0.2 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) | — | Unknown | < 1.6.0.2 | 1.6.0.2 | — | ✓ fixed in latest |
| — | Contact Form by WPForms < 1.7.5.5 - Admin+ Arbitrary File Access | — | Unknown | < 1.7.5.5 | 1.7.5.5 | — | ✓ fixed in latest |
| CVE-2025-3794 | WPForms Lite < 1.9.5.1 - Contributor+ Stored XSS via 'start_timestamp' Parameter | — | Unknown | < 1.9.5.1 | 1.9.5.1 | — | ✓ fixed in latest |
How to fix it
Keep Wpforms Lite updated — 2.0.0.2 is the latest version on wordpress.org, and each CVE above lists the exact release that fixed it ("Fixed in").
This is the plugin's full known vulnerability history, not a scan of any specific installation — run a free scan of your own site to check your exact installed version.
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