CVE-2022-4166: contest-gallery contest_gallery SQL Injection

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2022-4166 is a high (CVSS 7.5) SQL Injection vulnerability in contest-gallery contest_gallery. EPSS estimates a 0.88% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 58.3% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 19.1.5.

Timeline

1. 26-12-2022
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 11-04-2025
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1, Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1 do not escape the addCountS POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in 4_activate.php. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.

• 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.