CVE-2022-4359 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The WP RSS By Publishers WordPress plugin through 0.1 does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required High

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 0.0022.

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Wp Rss By Publishers Project	Wp Rss By Publishers

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wp_rss_by_publishers_project:wp_rss_by_publishers:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/wp-rss-by-publishers_0-1_2
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/8472dd40-27e3-4084-907a-e251a2a0f339

History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics	epss `{'score': 0.002}`	epss `{'score': 0.0022}`

Thu, 10 Apr 2025 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: WPScan

Published: 2023-01-02T21:49:23.302Z

Updated: 2025-04-10T15:10:31.960Z

Reserved: 2022-12-08T09:31:24.007Z

Link: CVE-2022-4359

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T01:34:50.174Z

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2023-01-02T22:15:17.557

Modified: 2025-04-10T16:15:27.240

Link: CVE-2022-4359

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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