The changelog for the latest version of the plugin Smart Forms is “Security fix.” Looking at the changes made in that we found that one set of changes was labeled as “escaping get and post requests“, but we found that one of the changes involved a reflected cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability occurring on two lines in a row in the plugin, which was not actually escaped.

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Plugin Security Scorecard Grade for Smart Forms

Checked on August 23, 2024

See issues causing the plugin to get less than A+ grade