XSS in Westguardsolutions Ws Form
CVE-2022-23988
The WS Form LITE and Pro WordPress plugins before 1.8.176 do not sanitise and escape submitted form data, allowing unauthenticated attacker to submit XSS payloads which will get executed when a privileged user will view the related submission
Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)
EPSS: 0.022 (80.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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-2022-23988?
- CVE-2022-23988 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Westguardsolutions Ws Form, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2022-02-28.
- How severe is CVE-2022-23988?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-23988 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.