WS Form < 1.8.176 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-23988
Key Information:
- Vendor
Wordpress
- Vendor
- CVE Published:
- 28 February 2022
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What is 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

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Affected Version(s)
WS Form LITE β Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder for WordPress 1.8.176
WS Form Pro 1.8.176
Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)
PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.
References
EPSS Score
14% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.
CVSS V3.1
Timeline
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Public PoC available
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Exploit known to exist
Vulnerability published
Vulnerability Reserved