CVE-2022-23988: WS Form < 1.8.176 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.1 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-02-28 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

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

Affected products

westguard WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder: before 1.8.176 — fixed in 1.8.176

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: westguard WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 1.8.176. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d5738f9-9a2e-4878-8a03-745894420bf6
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9d5738f9-9a2e-4878-8a03-745894420bf6

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