Vulnerability CVE-2022-4163
Published: 2022-12-26

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 cg_deactivate and cg_activate POST parameters before concatenating it to an SQL query in 2_deactivate.php and 4_activate.php, respectively. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.

Type:

CWE-89

 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection'))

 References:
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de0d7db7-f911-4f5f-97f6-885ca60822d1
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_10
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