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WordPress Plugin: badgeos: CVE-2022-0817: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Apr 13, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
May 5, 2026

Description

The BadgeOS WordPress plugin through 3.7.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users

Solution

badgeos-plugin-cve-2022-0817
Title
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