CVE-2022-4156 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2022-4156

Contest Gallery < 19.1.5.1 - Unauthenticated SQL Injection

Vulnerability Description

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

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

The following person or organization is credited with identifying this vulnerability, as recorded in the NVD database:

  • Kunal Sharma (University of Kaiserslautern)
  • Daniel Krohmer (Fraunhofer IESE)
  • WPScan

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Contest Gallery, Contest Gallery Pro
Vulnerable Versions:
0

Timeline

Official Publish: December 26th, 2022
Last Modified: April 14th, 2025
Added to House: July 21st, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.