CVE-2022-23987 (GCVE-0-2022-23987)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-02-28 09:07 – Updated: 2024-08-03 03:59
VLAI
Title
WS Form < 1.8.176 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Summary
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.
Severity
4.8 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-79 - Cross-site Scripting (XSS)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
WS Form WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder for WordPress Affected: 1.8.176 , < 1.8.176 (custom)
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WS Form WS Form Pro Affected: 1.8.176 , < 1.8.176 (custom)
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Credits
Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez
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