PT-2022-13066 · WordPress · Contact Form Submissions

v3xx · Published 2022-03-14 · Updated 2022-05-01 · CVE-2022-0248

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Contact Form Submissions WordPress plugin versions prior to 1.7.3

Description The issue allows an unauthenticated attacker to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins viewing a malicious submission, due to the plugin not sanitizing and escaping additional fields in contact form requests before outputting them.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.7.3, update to version 1.7.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the submission view functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

XSS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-79

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-0248

Affected Products

Contact Form Submissions

References · 5

• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d02cf542-2d75-46bc-a0df-67bbe501cc89 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0248 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0248 · Vendor Advisory
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2682024 · Patch
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/38876 · Telegram Post