CVE-2022-4159

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1, Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1 do not escape the cg_id POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in 0_change-gallery.php. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.

CVSS v3 6.5 MEDIUM

6.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_8	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2e993280-1007-4e9d-9ca6-2b5f774e9965	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_8	Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2e993280-1007-4e9d-9ca6-2b5f774e9965	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:contest-gallery:contest_gallery::::::wordpress::*
	cpe:2.3:a:contest-gallery:contest_gallery:::::pro:wordpress::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2022-12-26 13:15

Updated : 2025-04-14 14:15

NVD link : CVE-2022-4159

Mitre link : CVE-2022-4159

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2022-4159

JSON object : View

Products Affected

contest-gallery

contest_gallery

CWE

No CWE.

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