What is CVE-2022-45805?

CVE-2022-45805 is a high-severity vulnerability in Paytm Payment Gateway, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2023-11-03.

How severe is CVE-2022-45805?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-45805 known to be exploited?

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

SQL Injection in Paytm Payment Gateway

CVE-2022-45805

Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Paytm Paytm Payment Gateway paytm-payments allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Paytm Payment Gateway: from n/a through 2.7.3.

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

Published 2023-11-03 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.2 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.023 (82.9th percentile), scored 2026-10-03.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 83rd percentile — 82.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.023 · newest: 0.023 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

patchstack.com/database/vulnerability/paytm-payments/wordpress-paytm-payment-ga… (Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-45805?: CVE-2022-45805 is a high-severity vulnerability in Paytm Payment Gateway, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.2/10. Published 2023-11-03.
How severe is CVE-2022-45805?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.2 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-45805 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.