CVE-2022-50959

Description

WordPress Contact Form Builder 1.6.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by exploiting the form_id parameter. Attackers can craft malicious URLs to code_generator.php with script payloads in the form_id parameter to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers.

Overview

State

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Assigner (CNA)

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CVSS severity

medium

CVSS score

6.1 / 10

CVSS vector

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

Effective score

6.1 / 10 MEDIUM source: CNA overview

CWE(s)

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Reserved

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Published

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Last updated

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Source

https://www.tenable.com/cve/CVE-2022-50959

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published

2026-05-10 13:16:33 UTC

NVD last modified

2026-05-12 14:24:15 UTC

NVD CVSS v3.1

6.1 / 10 MEDIUM source: disclosure@vulncheck.com

NVD CVSS vector

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

Exploitability subscore

2.8 / 10

Impact subscore

2.7 / 10

EPSS score

0.0009 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)

EPSS percentile

25.15% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-05-24

NVD-assigned CWE(s): CWE-79 (differs from the CNA list above)

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID

EUVD-2022-55980

Assigner

VulnCheck

Published

May 10, 2026, 12:12:53 PM

Updated

May 24, 2026, 1:37:28 AM

EUVD base score (CVSS 4.0)

5.1 / 10
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N

EUVD-reported EPSS

0.0900

Vendors

wpdevart

Products

Contact Form Builder (1.6.1)

ENISA description: WordPress Contact Form Builder 1.6.1 contains a reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability that allows unauthenticated attackers to inject malicious scripts by exploiting the form_id parameter. Attackers can craft malicious URLs to code_generator.php with script payloads in the form_id parameter to execute arbitrary JavaScript in victim browsers.

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

Web references (6)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-50959 tenable:nvd.nist.gov
• https://wordpress.org/plugins/contact-forms-builder/ tenable:wordpress.org
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-50959 tenable:www.cve.org
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50734 tenable:www.exploit-db.com
• https://www.first.org/epss/ tenable:www.first.org
• https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/wordpress-contact-form-builder-cross-site-scripting-via-code-generator-php tenable:www.vulncheck.com

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