WP User Merger < 1.5.3 - Admin+ SQLi via user_id
CVE-2022-3849

8.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor
Wordpress
Status
WP User Merger
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 November 2022

Summary

The WP User Merger WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as admin

Affected Version(s)

WP User Merger 0 < 1.5.3

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/511327d3-499b-4ad9-8fd3-...
exploitvdb-entrytechnical-description
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/wp-user-merger_1-5-1_3/

CVSS V3.1

Score:
8.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
Low
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Credit

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