CVE-2022-2840: unknown zephyr project manager SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-2840 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability in unknown zephyr project manager. EPSS estimates a 13.15% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 3 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 3.2.5.

Timeline

1. 19-09-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 03-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Zephyr Project Manager WordPress plugin before 3.2.5 does not sanitise and escape various parameters before using them in SQL statements via various AJAX actions available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users, leading to SQL injections

• CWE-89Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.