CVE-2022-23988

WS Form < 1.8.176 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

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Published Feb 28, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 6.1 Medium EPSS 2.2% KEV · Not listed

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 Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

WS Form

WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder for WordPress

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.8.176`	affected	< 1.8.176

WS Form

WS Form Pro

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`1.8.176`	affected	< 1.8.176

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:westguardsolutions:ws_form:::::lite:wordpress::
	cpe:2.3:a:westguardsolutions:ws_form:::::pro:wordpress::

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 2.2% (2.231% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d5738f9-9a2e-4878-8a03-745894420bf6

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Westguardsolutions Ws Form

Weaknesses

CWE-79

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 3:59 AM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Feb 28, 2022, 9:07 AM
Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 3:59 AM
Reserved: Jan 26, 2022, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 4:31 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Feb 28, 2022, 9:15 AM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 4:31 AM

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