CVE-2022-3237

WP Contact Slider < 2.4.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

MEDIUM
4.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 31, 2022 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:59 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWp Contact Slider

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Severity
MEDIUM4.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
SSVC
PoC

Description

The WP Contact Slider WordPress plugin before 2.4.8 does not sanitize and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected

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

v < 2.4.8
Affected range stops below 2.4.8, 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.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCPoCNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

4.8MEDIUMCISA-ADP
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
LOW
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-79

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