Vulnerability · Published Mar 14, 2022 · Assigned by WPScan
CVE-2022-0248Contact Form Submissions < 1.7.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Medium 6.1
In plain English
A medium-severity cross-site scripting in Contact Form Submissions from Unknown. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.7% (higher than 78% of all known vulnerabilities).
Severity (CVSS NVD)6.1Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)1.7%top 22.5% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
The Contact Form Submissions WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 does not sanitise and escape additional fields in contact form requests before outputting them in the related submission. As a result, unauthenticated attacker could perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins viewing the malicious submission
Affected products (as reported)
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Contact Form Submissions | 1.7.3 – before 1.7.3 |
Weakness: CWE-79
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d02cf542-2d75-46bc-a0df-67bbe501cc89 x_refsource_MISC
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2682024 x_refsource_CONFIRM