What is CVE-2022-1301?

CVE-2022-1301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpexperts Wp Contact Slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-07-04.

How severe is CVE-2022-1301?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-1301 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpexperts Wp Contact Slider

CVE-2022-1301

The WP Contact Slider WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not sanitize and escape the Text to Display settings of sliders, which could allow high privileged users such as editor and above to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

EPSS: 0.006 (43.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.8 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N.

Affected products

Wpexperts Wp_contact_slider
Unknown Wp Contact Slider — versions 2.4.7

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-1301?: CVE-2022-1301 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpexperts Wp Contact Slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-07-04.
How severe is CVE-2022-1301?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-1301 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.