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CVE-2022-0879: Caldera Forms < 1.9.7 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-04-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The Caldera Forms WordPress plugin before 1.9.7 does not validate and escape the cf-api parameter before outputting it back in the response, leading to a Reflected Cross-Site Scripting

Affected products

• Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms: before 1.9.7 — fixed in 1.9.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Caldera Forms – More Than Contact Forms 1.9.7. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c12f6087-1875-4edf-ac32-bec6f712968d
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c12f6087-1875-4edf-ac32-bec6f712968d

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