Vulnerability · Published Apr 18, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan

CVE-2022-0879Caldera Forms < 1.9.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 6.1

In plain English

A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.2% (higher than 67% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: Nuclei.

Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.2%top 32.6% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack tooling1Nuclei

Official description

The Caldera Forms WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not validate and escape the cf-api parameter before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Unknown Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms 1.9.7 – before 1.9.7

Weakness: CWE-79

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