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 v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.1

6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.85% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 56th percentile

Published

2022-12-26

Updated

2025-04-14

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_8
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2e993280-1007-4e9d-9ca6-2b5f774e9965

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2022-4158
• CVE-2022-4160
• CVE-2022-4157
• CVE-2022-4161
• CVE-2022-4156
• CVE-2022-4162