What is CVE-2020-7228?

CVE-2020-7228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codepeople Calculated Fields Form, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-01-22.

How severe is CVE-2020-7228?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.

Is CVE-2020-7228 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

XSS in Codepeople Calculated Fields Form

CVE-2020-7228

The Calculated Fields Form plugin through 1.0.353 for WordPress suffers from multiple Stored XSS vulnerabilities present in the input forms. These can be exploited by an authenticated user.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2020-01-22 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.010 (61.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 61st percentile — 61.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Codepeople Calculated Fields Form

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wordpress.org/plugins/calculated-fields-form/ (Third Party Advisory)
spider-security.co.uk/blog-cve-2020-7228 (Third Party Advisory)
wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/10043 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-7228?: CVE-2020-7228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Codepeople Calculated Fields Form, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 5.4/10. Published 2020-01-22.
How severe is CVE-2020-7228?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.4 out of 10.
Is CVE-2020-7228 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.