CVE-2018-7747
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Caldera Forms plugin before 1.6.0-rc.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) a greeting message, (2) the email transaction log, or…
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB, so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 4.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
Multiple cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities in the Caldera Forms plugin before 1.6.0-rc.1 for WordPress allow remote attackers to inject arbitrary web script or HTML via vectors involving (1) a greeting message, (2) the email transaction log, or (3) an imported form.
- CVSS 3.0
- 4.8 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 4.40% probability · 91th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · first 18 April 2018
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- calderalabs/caldera forms
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS moved from 6.0% on 21 September 2026 to 4.4% on 27 October 2026. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147257/WordPress-Caldera-Forms-1.5.9.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://calderaforms.com/2018/03/caldera-forms-1-6-is-here/Release Notes
- https://calderaforms.com/updates/caldera-forms-1-6-0/#securityRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/caldera-forms/#developersProduct, Release Notes
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44489/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/147257/WordPress-Caldera-Forms-1.5.9.1-Cross-Site-Scripting.htmlThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://calderaforms.com/2018/03/caldera-forms-1-6-is-here/Release Notes
- https://calderaforms.com/updates/caldera-forms-1-6-0/#securityRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/caldera-forms/#developersProduct, Release Notes
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44489/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.