Vulnerability in Contest-Gallery Contest Gallery
CVE-2022-4157
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1, Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1 do not escape the cg_option_id POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in export-votes-all.php. This may allow malicious users with administrator privileges (i.e. on multisite WordPress configurations) to leak sensitive information from the site's database.
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CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 4.9 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (57.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 58th percentile — 57.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.009 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Contest-Gallery Contest Gallery
- Contest Gallery — versions 0
- Contest Gallery Pro — versions 0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/71feec63-67a5-482e-bf77-1396c306fae6 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
- bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_3 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-4157?
- CVE-2022-4157 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contest-Gallery Contest Gallery, classified under CWE-89 SQL INJECTION. CVSS score: 4.9/10. Published 2022-12-26.
- How severe is CVE-2022-4157?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.9 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2022-4157 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.