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Contest Gallery CVE-2022-36394

HIGH
SQL Injection (CWE-89)
2022-08-23 audit@patchstack.com
WordPress SQLi Contest Gallery
8.8
CVSS 3.1 · NVD
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Severity by source

NVD PRIMARY
8.8 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Lifecycle Timeline

1
CVE Published
Aug 23, 2022 - 16:15 nvd
HIGH 8.8

DescriptionNVD

Authenticated (author+) SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability in Contest Gallery plugin <= 17.0.4 at WordPress.

AnalysisAI

Authenticated (author+) SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability in Contest Gallery plugin <= 17.0.4 at WordPress. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified as SQL Injection (CWE-89), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands against the database. Authenticated (author+) SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability in Contest Gallery plugin <= 17.0.4 at WordPress. Affected products include: Contest-Gallery Contest Gallery.

RemediationAI

No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use parameterized queries/prepared statements. Never concatenate user input into SQL. Apply least-privilege database permissions.

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