CVE-2022-4226

MEDIUM
Published Dec 26, 20223y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
4.8 CVSS 3.1
Medium
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Published Dec 26, 2022 3y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago

Description

The Simple Basic Contact Form WordPress plugin before 20221201 does not sanitise and escape some of its settings, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

CVSS Details

Base Score
4.8
Exploitability
1.7
Impact
2.7
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required High
User Interaction Required
Scope Changed
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Low
Availability None

Threat Intelligence

No active exploitation signals — not in CISA KEV and no EPSS score yet.

Exploit & Patch Status
Public Exploit Known
No Patch Available

Affected Products 1

VendorProductVersionRange
wpkubesimple_basic_contact_form* <20221201

References 1

  • wpscan.com https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c5ca22e0-b7a5-468d-8366-1855ff33851b
    ExploitThird Party Advisory

Remediation

No remediation data recorded yet

Check vendor advisories and the NVD entry for patch availability.