CVE-2022-4196 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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).

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.

The EPSS score is 0.00123.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Mondula	Multi Step Form

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:mondula:multi_step_form:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-51557	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).

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

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

History

Wed, 09 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +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: 2023-01-09T22:13:40.058Z

Updated: 2025-04-09T14:01:35.710Z

Reserved: 2022-11-29T02:10:44.028Z

Link: CVE-2022-4196

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:49.612Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-09T23:15:27.417

Modified: 2025-04-09T14:15:26.060

Link: CVE-2022-4196

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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