CVE-2022-45838: 
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation

An unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability was discovered in the Repute InfoSystems ARForms Form Builder WordPress plugin, affecting versions 1.5.5 and below. The vulnerability was disclosed on November 23, 2022, and was assigned the identifier CVE-2022-45838 (Patchstack Advisory).

The vulnerability is classified as a Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) issue, specifically CWE-79 (Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation). It received a CVSS v3.1 Base Score of 6.1 (Medium) with the vector string CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N, indicating that it can be exploited remotely without authentication but requires user interaction (Patchstack Advisory).

This vulnerability could allow malicious actors to inject harmful scripts, including redirects, advertisements, and other HTML payloads into the affected website. These injected scripts would be executed when visitors access the compromised site (Patchstack Advisory).

The vulnerability was patched in version 1.5.7 of the ARForms Form Builder plugin. Users are advised to update to version 1.5.7 or later to resolve the security issue. Patchstack has also issued a virtual patch to mitigate this vulnerability by blocking potential attacks until users can update to the fixed version (Patchstack Advisory).