Vulnerability in Contest-gallery Contest_gallery

CVE-2022-4165

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_order POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in order-custom-fields-with-and-without-search.php…

EPSS: 0.009 (53.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-4165?
CVE-2022-4165 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Contest-gallery Contest_gallery, classified under CWE-89 SQL INJECTION. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2022-12-26.
How severe is CVE-2022-4165?
Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-4165 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.