CVE-2022-36394 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2022-08-23

Score: 7.6 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Contest Gallery

Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin)

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`<= 17.0.4`	affected	≤ 17.0.4

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:contest-gallery:contest_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

Vendor Solution

Update to 17.0.5 or higher version.

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-39107	Authenticated (author+) SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability in Contest Gallery plugin <= 17.0.4 at WordPress.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

Scope Changed

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact Low

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00512.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact partial

References

Link	Providers
https://patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/contest-gallery/wordpress-contest-gallery-plugin-17-0-4-authenticated-sql-injection-sqli-vulnerability
https://wordpress.org/plugins/contest-gallery/#developers

History

Thu, 20 Feb 2025 20:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Contest-gallery Contest Gallery

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Patchstack

Published: 2022-08-23T15:47:28.406Z

Updated: 2026-04-28T16:07:46.106Z

Reserved: 2022-08-09T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-36394

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T10:00:04.301Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-08-23T16:15:11.563

Modified: 2024-11-21T07:12:56.217

Link: CVE-2022-36394

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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