VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2022-4156
This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 0.92%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.92%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1, Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1 do not escape the user_id POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in ajax-functions-backend.php. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.92% probability · 58th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- contest-gallery/contest gallery
- Source
- contact@wpscan.com
References
- https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_1Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/254f6e8b-5fa9-4d6d-8e0e-1a4cae18aee0Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_1Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/254f6e8b-5fa9-4d6d-8e0e-1a4cae18aee0Exploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.