CVE-2022-3237 - OpenCVE

The WP Contact Slider WordPress plugin before 2.4.8 does not sanitize 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.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Wpexperts	Wp Contact Slider

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wpexperts:wp_contact_slider:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/cd2fd6cd-a839-4de8-af28-b5134873c40e

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T15:44:34.153Z

Reserved: 2022-09-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3237

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:00:10.771Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-31T16:15:10.987

Modified: 2025-05-06T16:15:24.107

Link: CVE-2022-3237

Redhat

No data.

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