What is the CVSS score of CVE-2022-40191?

CVE-2022-40191 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.4 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.5%.

Contact Form By Mega Forms CVE-2022-40191

MEDIUM

Cross-site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79)

2022-09-09 audit@patchstack.com

XSS WordPress Contact Form By Mega Forms

5.4

CVSS 3.1 · NVD

Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY

5.4 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Lifecycle Timeline

CVE Published

Sep 09, 2022 - 15:15 nvd

MEDIUM 5.4

DescriptionNVD

Authenticated (subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ali Khallad's Contact Form By Mega Forms plugin <= 1.2.4 at WordPress.

AnalysisAI

Authenticated (subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ali Khallad's Contact Form By Mega Forms plugin <= 1.2.4 at WordPress. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.4), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) (CWE-79), which allows attackers to inject malicious scripts into web pages viewed by other users. Authenticated (subscriber+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability in Ali Khallad's Contact Form By Mega Forms plugin <= 1.2.4 at WordPress. Affected products include: Contact Form By Mega Forms Project Contact Form By Mega Forms.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Sanitize all user input, use Content-Security-Policy headers, encode output contextually (HTML, JS, URL). Use frameworks with built-in XSS protection.