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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2022-2840

The Zephyr Project Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.5 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before using them in SQL statements via various AJAX actions available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users, leading to SQL injections

EXPLOIT ✓CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 13.2%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 13.2%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The Zephyr Project Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.5 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before using them in SQL statements via various AJAX actions available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users, leading to SQL injections

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
13.15% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 6 October 2022
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-89
Affected
zephyr-one/zephyr project manager
Source
contact@wpscan.com
EPSS trend
0%8%15%3 November 2026: 13.15%3 November 20263 November 2026

EPSS 13.2% since 3 November 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-51024source ↗Wordpress Plugin Zephyr Project Manager 3.2.42 - Multiple SQLiphp · Rizacan Tufanwebapps6 October 2022yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.