CVE-2022-36394

WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 17.0.4 - Authenticated SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Authenticated (author+) SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability in Contest Gallery plugin <= 17.0.4 at WordPress.

Una vulnerabilidad de Inyección SQL (SQLi) Autenticado (autor+) en el plugin Contest Gallery versiones anteriores a 17.0.4 incluyéndola, en WordPress.

The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 17.0.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied $id parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for unauthenticated attackers to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.

*Credits: Vulnerability discovered by Nguy Minh Tuan (Patchstack Alliance)

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

High

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2022-08-09 CVE Reserved
2022-08-09 CVE Published
2024-03-01 EPSS Updated
2024-09-16 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/contest-gallery/wordpress-contest-gallery-plugin-17-0-4-authenticated-sql-injection-sqli-vulnerability	Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contest-gallery/#developers	Release Notes

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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Contest-gallery Search vendor "Contest-gallery"		Contest Gallery Search vendor "Contest-gallery" for product "Contest Gallery"				<= 17.0.4 Search vendor "Contest-gallery" for product "Contest Gallery" and version " <= 17.0.4"		wordpress		Affected