🛡️ CVE-2022-21805 — php-mailform

🟡 CVSS 6.1 — Medium ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-79 NVD
6.1
CVSS Score
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Description

Reflected cross-site scripting vulnerability in the attached file name of php_mailform versions prior to Version 1.40 allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to inject an arbitrary script via unspecified vectors.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is changed, meaning a successful attack can affect components beyond the vulnerable one. Rated impact: confidentiality low, integrity low, availability none.

Weakness class

CVE-2022-21805 is classified as CWE-79: Cross-site Scripting (XSS). User-supplied data is written into a page without escaping, so attacker script runs in the browser of anyone who views it.

Affected software

CVE-2022-21805 is recorded against 1 package.

  • php-mailform (fixed in 1.4.0)

Timeline and source

Published on 8 February 2022 and last revised on 17 June 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

github.com
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Details

Severity MEDIUM
CVSS Score 6.1
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CWE CWE-79
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2022-02-08
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-06-17
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
php-mailform — 1.4.0

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