vulnerability
WordPress Plugin: contest-gallery: CVE-2022-4159: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Dec 5, 2022 | May 15, 2025 | Apr 30, 2026 |
Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Dec 5, 2022
Added
May 15, 2025
Modified
Apr 30, 2026
Description
The Contest Gallery plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection in versions up to, and including, 19.1.5 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied cg_id parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with author-level privileges or higher to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database
Solution
contest-gallery-plugin-cve-2022-4159
References
Rapid7 Labs
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