CVE-2022-1578 (GCVE-0-2022-1578)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-11-21 00:00 – Updated: 2025-04-30 14:57
VLAI?
Title
My wpdb < 2.5 - Arbitrary SQL Query via CSRF
Summary
The My wpdb WordPress plugin before 2.5 is missing CSRF check when running SQL queries, which could allow attacker to make a logged in admin run arbitrary SQL query via a CSRF attack
Severity ?
8.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
Assigner
References
URL Tags
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/c280da92-4ac2-43… exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Unknown My wpdb Affected: 0 , < 2.5 (custom)
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Credits
Daniel Ruf
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