CVE-2022-3769 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The OWM Weather WordPress plugin before 5.6.9 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as contributor

Published: 2022-11-28

Score: 8.8 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

Unknown

OWM Weather

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.6.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ujsoftware:owm_weather:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43121	The OWM Weather WordPress plugin before 5.6.9 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as contributor

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00684.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/owm-weather_5-6-8/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f9ffc1e-c8a9-47bb-a76b-d043c93e63f8

History

Fri, 25 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ujsoftware Owm Weather

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-11-28T13:47:08.267Z

Updated: 2025-04-25T15:04:03.782Z

Reserved: 2022-10-31T13:16:45.621Z

Link: CVE-2022-3769

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:58.299Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-28T14:15:14.103

Modified: 2025-04-25T15:15:31.620

Link: CVE-2022-3769

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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