CVE-2022-0254 (GCVE-0-2022-0254)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-03-14 14:41 – Updated: 2024-08-02 23:25
VLAI
Title
Zero Spam < 5.2.11 - Admin+ SQL Injection
Summary
The WordPress Zero Spam WordPress plugin before 5.2.11 does not properly sanitise and escape the order and orderby parameters before using them in a SQL statement in the admin dashboard, leading to a SQL injection
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Unknown WordPress Zero Spam Affected: 5.2.11 , < 5.2.11 (custom)
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Credits
JrXnm
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