CVE-2022-3254 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WordPress Classifieds Plugin WordPress plugin before 4.3 does not properly sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users and when a specific premium module is active, leading to a SQL injection

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.52739.

Exploitation poc

Automatable yes

Technical Impact total

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

WordPress Classifieds Plugin – Ad Directory & Listings by AWP Classifieds

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`4.3`	affected	< 4.3

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:strategy11:awp_classifieds:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

No data.

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Strategy11 Subscribe	Awp Classifieds Subscribe

Advisories

No advisories yet.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/546c47c2-5b4b-46db-b754-c6b43aef2660

History

Tue, 06 May 2025 16:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'yes', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Wed, 25 Sep 2024 15:00:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time appeared		Strategy11 Strategy11 awp Classifieds
CPEs	cpe:2.3:a:awpcp:another_wordpress_classifieds_plugin::::::wordpress::*	cpe:2.3:a:strategy11:awp_classifieds::::::wordpress::*
Vendors & Products	Awpcp Awpcp another Wordpress Classifieds Plugin	Strategy11 Strategy11 awp Classifieds

Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2022-10-31T00:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-05-06T15:43:16.746Z

Reserved: 2022-09-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-3254

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:07:05.871Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-10-31T16:15:11.060

Modified: 2025-05-06T16:15:24.273

Link: CVE-2022-3254

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-89

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