CVE-2022-1914: Clean-Contact <= 1.6 - Arbitrary Settings Update to Stored XSS via CSRF

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-06-27 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-352

Description

The Clean-Contact WordPress plugin through 1.6 does not have CSRF check in place when updating its settings, which could allow attackers to make a logged in admin change them via a CSRF attack and lead to Stored XSS due to the lack of sanitisation and escaping as well

Affected products

Clean-Contact: through 1.6

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8c8dad47-8591-47dc-b84f-8c5cb18b2d78
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8c8dad47-8591-47dc-b84f-8c5cb18b2d78

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