What is CVE-2022-0693?

CVE-2022-0693 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Devbunch Master Elements, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-25.

How severe is CVE-2022-0693?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-0693 known to be exploited?

5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Devbunch Master Elements

CVE-2022-0693

The Master Elements WordPress plugin through 8.0 does not validate and escape the meta_ids parameter of its remove_post_meta_condition AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated SQL Injection

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2022-04-25 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.069 (93.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 93.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.071 · newest: 0.069 · change: -0.002

Affected products

Devbunch Master Elements
Master Elements — versions 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

wpscan.com/vulnerability/a72bf075-fd4b-4aa5-b4a4-5f62a0620643 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-0693?: CVE-2022-0693 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Devbunch Master Elements, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2022-04-25.
How severe is CVE-2022-0693?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-0693 known to be exploited?: 5 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.