4.8

CVE-2022-23179: Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder < 1.7.0 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting

Modified
Published 16-01-2024Last modified 09-01-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-23179 is a medium (CVSS 4.8) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in themehunk contact_form_\&_lead_form_elementor_builder. EPSS estimates a 0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 44.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
29/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.8/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 16-01-2024
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 09-01-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder WordPress plugin before 1.7.0 does not escape some of its form fields before outputting them in attributes, which could allow high privilege users to perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

44%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.54% on 22-09-2026

22-09-202622-10-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (wpscan.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Themehunk1 product
Unknown1 product
Wordpress1 product
  • lead-form-builder< 1.7.0

3 vendors · 3 products

References

2 links