WS Form < 1.8.176 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting
CVE-2022-23988

6.1MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
Ws Form Lite – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder For WordPress
Ws Form Pro
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 February 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC

Summary

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

Affected Version(s)

WS Form LITE – 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.

WebSecurityProject
Created by simonepetruzzi

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d5738f9-9a2e-4878-8a03-...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
6.1
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
Low
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
Low
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Changed

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez
.