TI-2022-03841 Aliases CVE-2022-4196 GHSA-5r47-3q95-vm4q

Multi Step Form < 1.7.8 - Admin+ Stored XSS

MEDIUM 55Published 2023-01-09 · Updated 2025-04-09

Key facts

Attack vector: Network
Privileges required: High
User interaction: Required
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: —
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: Low · Low · None
Fix status: Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The Multi Step Form WordPress plugin before 1.7.8 does not sanitise and escape some of its form fields, which could allow high privilege users such as admin to perform Stored Cross-Site Scripting attacks even when the unfiltered_html capability is disallowed (for example in multisite setup).

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV

EPSS 0.00475 41st percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD

Fix Fixed Multi Step Form (Unknown): 1.7.8

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation: Poc
Automatable: No
Technical impact: Partial

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
Unknown	Multi Step Form	before 1.7.8	1.7.8	Patch available	CNA

Multi Step Form VendorUnknown Affected before 1.7.8 Fixed in 1.7.8 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:mondula:multi_step_form::::::wordpress::*	before 1.7.8	Vulnerable	Mondula GmbH

cpe:2.3:a:mondula:multi_step_form:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.7.8 Vulnerable ·Mondula GmbH

Remediation

Fix · CNA Multi Step Form (Unknown) Fixed in 1.7.8

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-4196
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-5r47-3q95-vm4q

References

Exploit 1

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/dfbc61ef-3fe4-4bab-904a-480b073d4e88

TI-2024-33861 WordPress Multi Step Form plugin <= 1.7.21 - Broken Access Control vulnerability CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
TI-2023-25868 WordPress Multi Step Form Plugin <= 1.7.11 is vulnerable to Cross Site Request Forgery (CSRF) CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
TI-2024-11529 Multi Step Form <= 1.7.23 - Missing Authorization to Unauthenticated Limited File Upload CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.3
TI-2018-10345 The Mondula Multi Step Form plugin through 1.2.5 for WordPress allows XSS via the fw_data… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 6.1
TI-2023-27737 WordPress Multi Step Form Plugin <= 1.7.13 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
TI-2018-10668 The Mondula Multi Step Form plugin before 1.2.8 for WordPress has multiple stored XSS via wp-admin/admin-ajax.php. CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.4

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Sources

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