CVE-2022-3849 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP User Merger WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 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 admin

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

WP User Merger

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 1.5.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_user_merger_project:wp_user_merger:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43189	The WP User Merger WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 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 admin

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 0.00504.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/wp-user-merger_1-5-1_3/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/511327d3-499b-4ad9-8fd3-99f9f7deb4f5

History

Mon, 28 Apr 2025 18:15:00 +0000

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

Subscriptions

Wp User Merger Project Wp User Merger

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-11-28T13:47:16.821Z

Updated: 2025-04-28T18:09:28.086Z

Reserved: 2022-11-03T10:34:49.977Z

Link: CVE-2022-3849

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:20:59.035Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-11-28T14:15:17.960

Modified: 2025-04-28T18:15:43.870

Link: CVE-2022-3849

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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