CVE-2022-4226

The Simple Basic Contact Form WordPress plugin before 20221201 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS v3 4.8 MEDIUM

4.8^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.7 / Impact : 2.7

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required HIGH

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact LOW

Integrity Impact LOW

Availability Impact NONE

Scope CHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c5ca22e0-b7a5-468d-8366-1855ff33851b	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c5ca22e0-b7a5-468d-8366-1855ff33851b	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wpkube:simple_basic_contact_form:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-26 13:15

Updated : 2025-04-14 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4226

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4226

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4226

JSON object : View

Products Affected

wpkube

simple_basic_contact_form

CWE

No CWE.

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