CVE-2022-23988

WS Form < 1.8.176 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity Score

6.1

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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

Los plugins WS Form LITE y Pro WordPress versiones anteriores a 1.8.176, no sanean ni escapan de los datos del formulario enviado, permitiendo a un atacante no autenticado enviar cargas útiles de tipo XSS que serán ejecutadas cuando un usuario con privilegios visualice el envío correspondiente.

*Credits: Felipe Restrepo Rodriguez

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-01-26 CVE Reserved
2022-01-31 CVE Published
2023-10-17 First Exploit
2024-08-03 CVE Updated
2024-12-17 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/simonepetruzzi/WebSecurityProject	2023-10-17
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d5738f9-9a2e-4878-8a03-745894420bf6	2024-08-03

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Westguardsolutions Search vendor "Westguardsolutions"		Ws Form Search vendor "Westguardsolutions" for product "Ws Form"				< 1.8.176 Search vendor "Westguardsolutions" for product "Ws Form" and version " < 1.8.176"		lite, wordpress		Affected
Westguardsolutions Search vendor "Westguardsolutions"		Ws Form Search vendor "Westguardsolutions" for product "Ws Form"				< 1.8.176 Search vendor "Westguardsolutions" for product "Ws Form" and version " < 1.8.176"		pro, wordpress		Affected