CVE-2022-23988: The WS Form LITE and Pro WordPress plugins before 1.8.176 do not sanitise and escape submitted form data, allowing unauthenticated attacker to submit XSS payloads which will get executed when a privil

medium Affects ws-form (WordPress plugin). Feed 2026.10.29.4, updated 2026-10-29; published 2022-02-28; advisory modified 2026-06-17.

The WS Form LITE and Pro WordPress plugins before 1.8.176 do not sanitise and escape submitted form data, allowing unauthenticated attacker to submit XSS payloads which will get executed when a privil

Package: ws-form (WordPress plugin) WordPress
Affected versions: <1.8.176
Fixed in: 1.8.176
Severity: medium CVSS 6.1
Exploitation: not on CISA KEV · EPSS 2% (82.7th percentile)
Published: 2022-02-28
Source: nvd

References

CWE-79

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