CVE-2026-4406
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-79
Cross-Site Scripting (XSS)
Publication date:
08/04/2026
Last modified:
08/04/2026
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
4.70
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- https://docs.gravityforms.com/gravityforms-change-log/
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gravityforms/trunk/common.php#L8267
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gravityforms/trunk/includes/config/class-gf-config-collection.php#L56
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gravityforms/trunk/includes/config/class-gf-config-service-provider.php#L144
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/gravityforms/trunk/includes/config/items/class-gf-config-global.php#L22
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/4126d452-65a9-48f5-a3f5-5be1b8fff80c?source=cve



