CVE-2021-24896

MEDIUM 4.8CVE-2021-24896 · Published 13/12/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-24896 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.8) vulnerability affecting caldera forms (calderaforms).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.62%, higher than 49.8% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 1.9.5 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
caldera forms calderaforms	`< 1.9.5`	`1.9.5`

Description

The Caldera Forms WordPress plugin before 1.9.5 does not sanitise and escape the Form Name before outputting it in attributes, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/2c469e8b-c761-460b-b31d-9219a43006ff · Exploit

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