Contact Form Submissions < 1.7.3 - Unauthenticated Stored XSS
Priority LOW 31CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- Required
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Cross-site scripting
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Low · Low · None
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
The Contact Form Submissions WordPress plugin before 1.7.3 does not sanitise and escape additional fields in contact form requests before outputting them in the related submission. As a result, unauthenticated attacker could perform Cross-Site Scripting attacks against admins viewing the malicious submission
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.01717 77th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed Contact Form Submissions (Unknown): 1.7.3
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Contact Form Submissions | 1.7.3 to before 1.7.3 | 1.7.3 | Patch available | CNA |
- Contact Form Submissions VendorUnknown Affected 1.7.3 to before 1.7.3 Fixed in 1.7.3 Patch available CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:contact_form_submissions_project:contact_form_submissions:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* | before 1.7.3 | Vulnerable | Contact Form Submissions Project |
- cpe:2.3:a:contact_form_submissions_project:contact_form_submissions:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.7.3 Vulnerable ·Contact Form Submissions Project
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Contact Form Submissions (Unknown) Fixed in 1.7.3
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-0248
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-v4p8-327w-c7fp
References
More Contact Form Submissions Project Contact Form Submissions vulnerabilities
- TI-2021-06417 Contact Form Submissions < 1.7.1 - Authenticated SQL Injection CVSS 3.1HIGH 7.2
Sources
- CVE-2022-0248 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-0248 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-v4p8-327w-c7fp · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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