CVE-2022-4049 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The WP User WordPress plugin through 7.0 does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by unauthenticated users.

Published: 2023-01-02

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: 66.6% High

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

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	≤ 7.0

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_user_project:wp_user:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

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 0.66563.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/9b0781e2-ad62-4308-bafc-d45b9a2472be

History

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Wp User Project Wp User

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-02T21:49:14.695Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T19:08:08.383Z

Reserved: 2022-11-17T10:07:23.156Z

Link: CVE-2022-4049

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:27:54.126Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-02T22:15:15.827

Modified: 2025-04-10T19:15:50.447

Link: CVE-2022-4049

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

No weakness.

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