Medium

LavaLite Stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability

  • Disclosed: 24.05.2022
  • Updated: 11.10.2026 10:22

A stored cross site scripting (XSS) vulnerability in the /admin/contact/contact component of LavaLite 5.8.0 allows authenticated attackers to execute arbitrary web scripts or HTML via a crafted payload entered into the New parameter.

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PlatformPackageVulnerable versionsFixed in
Composer package lavalite/cms <= 5.8.0 no fix

References

CVSS score 5.4/10
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-79
Platform
Composer
Package
lavalite/cms
Disclosed
24.05.2022
Updated
11.10.2026 10:22

Sources and licenses

OSV / GitHub Advisory Database - GHSA-3cfg-rxh6-h2rh - CC BY 4.0

Vulnerability history: lavalite/cms

All published vulnerabilities of this package (Composer package), newest first. Shows whether this is a one-off slip or a package that needs watching.

All (14) in the archive
Total entries
14
First → latest
08.2021 01.2026
Without a fix
12
Exploited in attacks
0

Severity breakdown

  • Critical 1
  • High 1
  • Medium 12

Disclosures per year

  1. 2021: 2
  2. 2022: 7
  3. 2023: 3
  4. 2024: 1
  5. 2025: 0
  6. 2026: 1
Severity:
  1. Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-27238 <= 9.0.0 no fix
  2. High · 7.5 CVE-2022-42188 = 9.0.0 no fix
  3. LavaLite Stored Cross-site Scripting vulnerability this entry
    Medium · 5.4 CVE-2020-36397 <= 5.8.0 no fix

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