CVE-2022-4099: getcloudsms joy_of_text_lite SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-4099 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability in getcloudsms joy_of_text_lite. EPSS estimates a 1.05% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 63.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 02-01-2023
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 10-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Joy Of Text Lite WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not properly sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements accessible to unauthenticated users, leading to unauthenticated SQL injection

• 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.