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CVE-2022-23988

WS Form < 1.8.176 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM
6.1
CVSS Score
Published: February 28, 2022 at 09:07 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:31 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsWs FormWS Form

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Severity
MEDIUM6.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%

Description

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Ws Form· Westguardsolutionswordpress-plugin
95%
v < 1.8.176
Affected range stops below 1.8.176, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
WS Form· Ws Formwordpress-plugin
60%
v < 1.8.176
Affected range stops below 1.8.176, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (1)

x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d5738f9-9a2e-4878-8a03-745894420bf6

CVSS

6.1MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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