CVE-2026-16655: The Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Name Field Nested `
The Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Name Field Nested password Member in all versions up to, and including, 6.2.7 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Details
Original advisory: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2026-16655
Exploitation outlook
EPSS (FIRST.org) estimates each CVE’s probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — here is the CSIRTS.com read on those numbers.
- Low exploitation riskCVE-2026-166550.30% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 23% of all scored CVEs.
Referenced CVEs
| CVE | CSIRTS overview | External |
|---|---|---|
| CVE-2026-16655 | coverage & exploitation status | NVD · CVE.org |
Recent advisories for Fluent Forms
A cluster of recent advisories against the same product widens the attack surface — attackers routinely chain freshly published CVEs on one product, so review these together.
- mediumCVE-2026-17571: The Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder plu…nvd · 2026-08-01
- mediumCVE-2026-17567: The Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder plu…nvd · 2026-07-31
- mediumCVE-2026-11881: The Fluent Forms WordPress plugin before 6.2.6 does not sanitise and escape one of its form fi…nvd · 2026-07-30
- highCVE-2026-15962: The Fluent Forms Pro Add On Pack plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection in…nvd · 2026-07-26
- mediumCVE-2026-5069: The Fluent Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to incorrect authorization via the 'subscri…nvd · 2026-07-10
- lowCVE-2026-11578: The Fluent Forms WordPress plugin before 6.2.5 does not properly restrict the deletion of form…nvd · 2026-07-02
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