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Medium · 4.7 Public exploit CVE-2026-4406 EUVD-2026-19994GHSA-m698-rpjv-64j7

Gravity Forms <= 2.9.30 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via 'form_ids' Parameter

Published Apr 7, 2026 · Updated Apr 8, 2026 · Assigned by Wordfence

Description

The Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting via the `form_ids` parameter in the `gform_get_config` AJAX action in all versions up to, and including, 2.9.30. This is due to the `GFCommon::send_json()` method outputting JSON-encoded data wrapped in HTML comment delimiters using `echo` and `wp_die()`, which serves the response with a `Content-Type: text/html` header instead of `application/json`. The `wp_json_encode()` function does not HTML-encode angle brackets within JSON string values, allowing injected HTML/script tags in `form_ids` array values to be parsed and executed by the browser. The required `config_nonce` is generated with `wp_create_nonce('gform_config_ajax')` and is publicly embedded on every page that renders a Gravity Forms form, making it identical for all unauthenticated visitors within the same 12-hour nonce tick. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that execute if they can successfully trick a user into performing an action such as clicking on a link. This vulnerability cannot be exploited against users who are authenticated on the target system, but could be used to alter the target page.

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Gravity Forms Gravity Forms ≤ 2.9.30 —

Public exploits

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GitHub 1 repository

  • Hann1bl3L3ct3r/CVE-2026-4406 ★ 0 · Apr 7, 2026

    The Gravity Forms plugin for WordPress (tested through version 2.9.28) is vulnerable to unauthenticated reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) via the `form_ids` parameter in the `gform_get_config` AJA…

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