CVE-2022-2269
The Website File Changes Monitor WordPress plugin before 1.8.3 does not sanitise and escape user input before using it in a SQL statement via an action available to users with the manage_options capability (by default admins), leading to an SQL injection
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Website File Changes Monitor WordPress plugin before 1.8.3 does not sanitise and escape user input before using it in a SQL statement via an action available to users with the manage_options capability (by default admins), leading to an SQL injection
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.28% probability · 68th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- wpwhitesecurity/website file changes monitor
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb348c92-d7e3-4a75-98aa-dd1c463bfd65Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb348c92-d7e3-4a75-98aa-dd1c463bfd65Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.