MW WP Form

MW WP Form has 13 disclosed vulnerabilities in the WordSec catalog, reported between 2023 and 2026; all 13 are fixed as of October 2026. Their average CVSS score is 6.5, and the most serious one scores 9.8 out of 10. Severity breakdown: 1 critical and 5 high. 2026 was the busiest year with 8 disclosures.

The most common weakness is Cross-Site Scripting, behind 5 of the records (38%). Other recurring categories include Path Traversal, Authorization Bypass Through User-Controlled Key.

Every one of the 13 issues recorded for MW WP Form has a vendor fix available, so running the current release closes all known holes.

13 independent researchers contributed these findings, one record each. MW WP Form is installed on roughly 200,000 WordPress sites, so each unpatched flaw has a wide blast radius. The current release is tested up to WordPress 6.4.13.

01234567891017.12.2012Today08.05.20235.3MW WP Form <= 4.4.2 - Directory Traversal via _file_upload CVSS 5.3 · 08.05.202319.10.20235.3MW WP Form <= 4.4.5 - Missing Authorization CVSS 5.3 · 19.10.202304.12.20239.8MW WP Form <= 5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload CVSS 9.8 · 04.12.202315.12.20237.5MW WP Form <= 5.0.3 - Improper Limitation of File Name to Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Deletion CVSS 7.5 · 15.12.202331.01.20245.5MW WP Form <= 5.0.6 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 5.5 · 31.01.202401.04.20268.1MW WP Form <= 5.1.0 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Move via move_temp_file_to_upload_dir CVSS 8.1 · 01.04.202608.04.20268.1MW WP Form <= 5.1.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Move via regenerate_upload_file_keys CVSS 8.1 · 08.04.202613.05.20265.3MW WP Form <= 5.1.2 - Insecure Direct Object Reference to Unauthenticated Sensitive Information Disclosure via 'post_id' Query Parameter CVSS 5.3 · 13.05.202601.06.20267.2MW WP Form <= 5.1.3 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 7.2 · 01.06.202609.06.20264.4MW WP Form <= 5.1.3 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'memo' Parameter CVSS 4.4 · 09.06.202627.08.20266.5MW WP Form < 5.1.5 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Shortcode Execution CVSS 6.5 · 27.08.202628.08.20264.4MW WP Form < 5.1.6 - Authenticated (Editor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 4.4 · 28.08.202601.10.20267.2MW WP Form <= 5.1.7 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via 'post_id' Parameter (via stored form-submitted post meta) CVSS 7.2 · 01.10.2026

Strategic Overview

Avg CVSSMedium
6.5/ 10
Patch Coverage100%
Open

0

Fixed

13

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Highest severity on recordCVSS 9.8CVE-2023-6316

MW WP Form <= 5.0.1 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload

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Vulnerability Records

13 records
2026-10-01 19:20CVE-2026-96567
7.2
High
KubaYes
2026-08-28 00:00CVE-2026-78364
4.4
Medium
Sai Praneeth KotiYes
2026-08-27 00:00CVE-2026-78363
6.5
Medium
Jakub HermanYes
2026-06-09 18:48CVE-2026-8853
4.4
Medium
Sérgio Charruadas (itzvenom)Yes
2026-06-01 00:00CVE-2026-48871
7.2
High
VanTasticYes
2026-05-13 19:51CVE-2026-6206
5.3
Medium
alex_henry20Yes
2026-04-08 07:57CVE-2026-5436
8.1
High
Sander HorsmanYes
2026-04-01 16:50CVE-2026-4347
8.1
High
ISMAILSHADOWYes
2024-01-31 00:00CVE-2024-24804
5.5
Medium
Huynh Tien SiYes
2023-12-15 00:00CVE-2023-6559
7.5
High
Thomas SanzeyYes
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Latestv5.1.8
4.2(23)
84/100
Last Updated
2026-09-27 (1mo ago)
Active Installs
200,000+
Downloads
2,039,965
Requires WP
6.0+
Requires PHP
8.0+
Tested up to
WP 6.4.13
Created
2012-12-17 (14y ago)

This plugin currently has only the minimum required maintenance releases. Main maintainer has been handed over from @inc2734 to @websoudan. MW WP Form can create mail form with a confirmation screen using shortcode. Form created using shortcodes Using confirmation page is possible. The page changes by the same URL or individual URL are possible. Many validation rules Saving inquiry data is possible. Displaying Chart using saved inquiry data is possible. Official https://mw-wp-form.web-soudan.co.jp GitHub https://github.com/web-soudan/mw-wp-form The following third-party resources Google Charts Source: https://developers.google.com/chart/ Contributors Takashi Kitajima ( inc2734 ) Ryujiro Yamamoto ( ryu263 ) Tsujimoto Tomoyuki ( tomothumb ) [Naoyuki Ohata] ( nanniku ) Kazuto Takeshita ( moto hachi ) Atsushi Ando ( NExt-Season ) Kazuki Tomiyasu ( KUCKLU ) Kei Nomura ( mypacecreator ) mh35 Takashi Nojima herikutu tsucharoku Tetsuaki Hamano ( t-hamano ) Susumu Seino ( Susumu Seino ) Yosuke Onoue ( likr ) Yudai Konishi ( Yudai Konishi ) takekoshi ( takekoshi )

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