CVE-2022-1301: unknown wp contact slider Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-1301 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown wp contact slider. EPSS estimates a 0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 47.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.4.7.
Timeline
- 04-07-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 02-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The WP Contact Slider WordPress plugin before 2.4.7 does not sanitize and escape the Text to Display settings of sliders, which could allow high privileged users such as editor and above to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html is disallowed
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions- wordfenceSource4.8MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS trend
Probability
0.59%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
47%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.59% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
1 foundExploit Reference (wpscan.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Unknown1 product
- wp contact slider≥ 2.4.7, < 2.4.7
Wordpress1 product
- wp-contact-slider≤ 2.4.6 (fixed in 2.4.7)
Wpexperts1 product
- wp_contact_slider< 2.4.7
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/69b75983-1010-453e-bf67-27b4a2a327a8X Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory