CVE-2022-1326 Form - Contact Form <= 1.2.0 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Medium 4.8 Published Updated

Admin users can inject malicious scripts via unsanitized custom text fields in the Form - Contact Form plugin, leading to stored XSS.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
An administrator
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2022-1326?

CVE-2022-1326 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Form – Contact Form, published on 27 Jun 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The Form - Contact Form WordPress plugin through 1.2.0 does not sanitize and escape Custom text fields, which could allow high-privileged users such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Weakness: CWE-79

Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1326?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Form - Contact Form Project Form - Contact Form.

How do I fix CVE-2022-1326?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1326 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Escape output for the context it lands in and set a strict Content Security Policy. Upgrading the affected component is the real fix. More about Cross-site scripting.

Is CVE-2022-1326 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1326 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-6g66-pc73-cqw9.

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