CVE-2022-3237: WP Contact Slider < 2.4.8 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-10-31 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-79

Description

The WP Contact Slider WordPress plugin before 2.4.8 does not sanitize and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Affected products

WP Contact Slider: before 2.4.8 — fixed in 2.4.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: WP Contact Slider 2.4.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cd2fd6cd-a839-4de8-af28-b5134873c40e
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cd2fd6cd-a839-4de8-af28-b5134873c40e

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