CVE-2022-38055 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Improper Neutralization of Script-Related HTML Tags in a Web Page (Basic XSS) vulnerability in gVectors Team wpForo Forum allows Content Spoofing.This issue affects wpForo Forum: from n/a through 2.0.9.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0015.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

Vendors	Products
Gvectors	Wpforo Forum

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gvectors:wpforo_forum:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/wpforo/wordpress-wpforo-forum-plugin-2-0-9-auth-html-injection-vulnerability?_s_id=cve

History

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 18:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`	cvssV3_1 `{'score': 4.3, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2024-06-21T15:52:07.897Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:46.681Z

Reserved: 2022-09-27T08:41:16.445Z

Link: CVE-2022-38055

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:45:52.012Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2024-06-21T16:15:10.497

Modified: 2026-04-28T19:18:40.053

Link: CVE-2022-38055

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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