# CVE-2022-1564: Form Maker By 10Web < 1.14.12 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

> Admin users can inject malicious scripts via Custom Text settings in Form Maker by 10Web, bypassing unfiltered_html restrictions.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **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 available:** No
- **Published:** 30 May 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w3pj-w5x9-5wrh

## What is CVE-2022-1564?

CVE-2022-1564 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder, published on 30 May 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 Maker by 10Web WordPress plugin before 1.14.12 does not sanitize and escape the Custom Text settings, which could allow high privilege user such as admin to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when unfiltered_html is disallowed

Weakness: CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1564?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 10web Form Maker.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1564?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1564 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1564 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1564 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder

- [CVE-2023-4666](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-4666/): Form-Maker < 1.15.20 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-10866](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-10866/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-11590](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-11590/): Cross-site request forgery in n/a (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-3300](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3300/): Form Maker by 10Web < 1.15.6 - Admin+ SQLI (high 7.2)
- [CVE-2024-43220](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43220/): WordPress Form Maker by 10Web plugin <= 1.15.26 - Reflected Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability (high 7.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1564 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1564 is a medium-severity cross-site scripting vulnerability in Unknown Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder, published on 30 May 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1564 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1564/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1564/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1564
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1564
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1564

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1564/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.