 [ Symptoms ] how likely is it for a male to contract herpes having unprotected sex during a one night stand [ Disease ] if the contact person actually had active herpes the change of getting it is high if the person had herpes that was dormant the chances are less i do not have enough information to be more specific if you are not a gambling person perhaps it would be best not to have unprotected sex in the future so you do not have to worry so much