{"id":"CVE-2022-3142","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2022-3142","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:40:26.595Z","title":"The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 7.9.7 does not properly sanitise and escape user input before using it in SQL statements, leading to SQL injections.","description":"The NEX-Forms WordPress plugin before 7.9.7 does not properly sanitise and escape user input before using it in SQL statements, leading to SQL injections. The attack can be executed by anyone who is permitted to view the forms statistics chart, by default administrators, however can be configured otherwise via the plugin settings.","published":"2022-09-19T14:15:11.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T04:58:57.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"contact@wpscan.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":8.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-89"],"affected":["basixonline/nex-forms"],"epss":{"score":0.1465,"percentile":0.96635,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"2023-03-25","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":51042,"kind":"exploit","title":"NEX-Forms WordPress plugin < 7.9.7 - Authenticated SQLi","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/51042","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/php/webapps/51042.txt","file":"exploits/php/webapps/51042.txt","published":"2023-03-25","added":"2023-03-25","updated":"2023-07-04","author":"Elias Hohl","type":"webapps","platform":"php","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-2022-3142"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":null}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 14.6%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171477/WordPress-NEX-Forms-SQL-Injection.html","source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://medium.com/%40elias.hohl/authenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-nex-forms-wordpress-plugin-35b8558dd0f5","source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8acc0fc6-efe6-4662-b9ac-6342a7823328","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"contact@wpscan.com"},{"url":"http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/171477/WordPress-NEX-Forms-SQL-Injection.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://medium.com/%40elias.hohl/authenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-nex-forms-wordpress-plugin-35b8558dd0f5","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8acc0fc6-efe6-4662-b9ac-6342a7823328","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3142","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}