Cyber Resilience

CVE-2022-22735

HighPublic PoC

Published: 14 March 2022

Published
14 March 2022
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 8.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0070 72.5th percentile
Risk Priority 18 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2022-22735 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Sedlex Simple Quotation. Its CVSS base score is 8.8 (High).

Operationally, ranked in the top 27.5% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

The Simple Quotation WordPress plugin through 1.3.2 does not have authorisation (and CSRF) checks in various of its AJAX actions and is lacking escaping of user data when using it in SQL statements, allowing any authenticated users, such as subscriber…

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to perform SQL injection attacks

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

sedlex
simple quotation
≤ 1.3.2

Mitigating Controls

Likely Mitigating Controls AI

Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.

addresses: CWE-89

Penetration testing uses SQL injection payloads against database interfaces, identifying and supporting fixes for SQL injection weaknesses.

addresses: CWE-89

Validates query inputs to prevent SQL syntax or command manipulation.

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