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WordPress Plugin: ws-form: CVE-2022-23987: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Severity
3
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 31, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026

Description

The WS Form LITE and Pro WordPress plugins before 1.8.176 do not sanitise and escape their Form Name, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.

Solution

ws-form-plugin-cve-2022-23987
Title
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