Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder < 1.7.0 - Multiple Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting
Priority MEDIUM 55CWE-79Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- High
- 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 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-79.
Summary
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
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00536 45th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder (Unknown): 1.7.0
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 | Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder | before 1.7.0 | 1.7.0 | Patch available | CNA |
- Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder VendorUnknown Affected before 1.7.0 Fixed in 1.7.0 Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder (Unknown) Fixed in 1.7.0
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-23179
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h9pp-v4f3-fp7x
References
More themehunk Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder vulnerabilities
- TI-2024-03392 Responsive Contact Form Builder & Lead Generation Plugin <= 1.8.9 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
- TI-2024-09703 Lead Form Builder < 1.9.8 - Admin+ Stored XSS CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.8
- TI-2022-07333 Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder Plugin < 1.7.4 - Multiple Subscriber+ Settings Update CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 4.3
- TI-2021-07246 Contact Form & Lead Form Elementor Builder < 1.6.4 - Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 6.1
Sources
- CVE-2022-23179 · CVE Program
- CVE-2022-23179 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h9pp-v4f3-fp7x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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