XSS in Westguardsolutions Ws Form
CVE-2022-23987
The WS Form LITE and Pro WordPress plugins before 1.8.176 do not sanitise and escape their Form Name, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.006 (45.1th 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
- Westguardsolutions Ws_form
- Ws Form Lite – Drag & Drop Contact Builder For Wordpress — versions 1.8.176
- Ws Form Pro — versions 1.8.176
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- contact@wpscan.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-23987?
- CVE-2022-23987 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Westguardsolutions Ws Form, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-02-28.
- How severe is CVE-2022-23987?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-23987 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.