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. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.009 (56.7th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 57th percentile — 56.7% 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/857aba7d-fccd-4672-b734-ab228440dcc0 (Exploit, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, exploit, vdb-entry)
- bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_17 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)
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.