{"id":"CVE-2026-96227","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2026-96227","generatedAt":"2026-10-24T04:12:22.685Z","title":"The Piotnet Forms WordPress plugin through 1.0.30 does not authenticate or validate a form-submission file-upload request and permits browser-renderable file types to be stored, allowing unauthenticated attackers to store a file that executes arbitrary…","description":"The Piotnet Forms WordPress plugin through 1.0.30 does not authenticate or validate a form-submission file-upload request and permits browser-renderable file types to be stored, allowing unauthenticated attackers to store a file that executes arbitrary JavaScript in the site's origin when it is opened (Stored XSS).","published":"2026-10-11T07:17:30.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-13T16:29:22.000Z","status":"Deferred","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":[],"epss":{"score":0.00276,"percentile":0.18995,"date":"2026-10-23","history":[{"date":"2026-10-11","score":0.0017,"percentile":0.05761}]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[{"kind":"scored","label":"Newly scored","at":"2026-10-11T13:30:07.000Z","detail":{"from":null,"score":"8.8","severity":"HIGH","fromSeverity":null},"summary":"Now scored CVSS 8.8 HIGH."},{"kind":"new","label":"New CVE","at":"2026-10-11T07:17:30.000Z","detail":{"score":null,"severity":null,"publishedAt":"2026-10-11T07:17:29.543Z"},"summary":"New CVE, high severity (CVSS 8.8)."}],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/90756840-b277-41bd-8104-16f839db5189/","source":"contact@wpscan.com"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-96227","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}