CVE-2022-2395: unknown weforms – easy drag & drop contact form builder for wordpress Cross-site Scripting
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2022-2395 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Cross-site Scripting vulnerability in unknown weforms – easy drag & drop contact form builder for wordpress. EPSS estimates a 0.61% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 48.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 1.6.14.
Timeline
- 08-08-2022PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 03-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The weForms WordPress plugin before 1.6.14 does not sanitise and escape its settings, allowing high privilege users such as admin to perform cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 2 sources · 1 version- NVDNIST4.8MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:NDiffers
EPSS trend
Probability
0.61%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
49%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.60% 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
- weforms – easy drag & drop contact form builder for wordpress≥ 1.6.14, < 1.6.14
Weformspro1 product
- weforms< 1.6.14
Wordpress1 product
- weforms≤ 1.6.13 (fixed in 1.6.14)
3 vendors · 3 products
References
2 links- wpscan.com/vulnerability/5e442dd9-a49d-4a8e-959b-199a8689da4bX Refsource MISCExploitThird Party Advisory