What is CVE-2022-3237?

CVE-2022-3237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpexperts Wp Contact Slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-10-31.

How severe is CVE-2022-3237?

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

Is CVE-2022-3237 known to be exploited?

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

XSS in Wpexperts Wp Contact Slider

CVE-2022-3237

The WP Contact Slider WordPress plugin before 2.4.8 does not sanitize and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Vulnerability class: XSS (Cross-Site Scripting)

Published 2022-10-31 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.006 (44.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-04.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 45th percentile — 44.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.006 · newest: 0.006 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Wpexperts Wp Contact Slider
Wp Contact Slider — versions 2.4.8

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-79 — Cross-site Scripting

Public proof-of-concept exploits

20142995/nuclei-templates

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/cd2fd6cd-a839-4de8-af28-b5134873c40e (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-3237?: CVE-2022-3237 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Wpexperts Wp Contact Slider, classified under Cross-site Scripting. CVSS score: 4.8/10. Published 2022-10-31.
How severe is CVE-2022-3237?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-3237 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.