CVE-2025-13993
MailerLite – Signup forms (official) <= 1.7.16 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'form_description' and 'success_message' parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.7.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- Low
- Integrity
- Low
- Availability
- None
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
CVE List Score used
5.5
MailerLite – Signup forms (official) <= 1.7.16 - Authenticated (Administrator+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
The MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'form_description' and 'success_message' parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.7.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2025-13993- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2025-203071
5.5
The MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'form_description' and 'success_message' parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.7.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
EUVD-2025-203071- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-647v-r7p3-c33c
5.5
The MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site...
The MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'form_description' and 'success_message' parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.7.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
GHSA-647v-r7p3-c33c- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
NVD
5.5
The MailerLite – Signup forms (official) plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to Stored Cross-Site Scripting via the 'form_description' and 'success_message' parameters in versions up to, and including, 1.7.16 due to insufficient input sanitization and output escaping. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with administrator access or higher, to inject arbitrary web scripts in pages that will execute whenever a user accesses an injected page.
- Record
CVE-2025-13993- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N - Weakness
- CWE-79
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| first indexed | CVE List, EUVD, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2025-13993 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Mailerlite – Signup Forms (official), published December 12, 2025. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.34%, the 28th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/8c37cc28-fde0-45c6-b49c-d6dfb296c4a5?source=cve
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Controllers/AdminController.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/tags/1.7.14/src/Views/CustomForm.php
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/3416100/official-mailerlite-sign-up-forms/trunk/src/Controllers/AdminController.php
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-13993
github.com/advisories/GHSA-647v-r7p3-c33c