{"id":"CVE-2022-23987","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-23987","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T17:44:59.217Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2022-02-28T09:15:09.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:31:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":4.8,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-79"],"affected":["westguardsolutions/ws form"],"epss":{"score":0.00598,"percentile":0.48313,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.60%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1697351b-c201-4e85-891e-94fdccbdfb55","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/1697351b-c201-4e85-891e-94fdccbdfb55","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-23987","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}