CVE-2022-45805
Published: 03 November 2023
Summary
CVE-2022-45805 is a high-severity SQL Injection (CWE-89) vulnerability in Paytm Payment Gateway. Its CVSS base score is 8.2 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 13.0% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
Deeper analysis
CVE-2022-45805 is an authenticated SQL injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting the Paytm Payment Gateway WordPress plugin, present in all versions through 2.7.3. The flaw stems from improper neutralization of special elements in SQL commands and carries a CVSS 3.1 score of 8.2, reflecting network attack vector, low complexity, and high privileges required.
An attacker with administrative or other high-privileged WordPress credentials can supply crafted input that alters backend SQL queries, enabling extraction of sensitive data from the database along with limited modification or disruption of application behavior; the changed scope rating indicates the impact can extend beyond the immediate plugin context.
Patchstack advisories document the issue as an authenticated SQL injection in the paytm-payments plugin and serve as the primary public reference for the vulnerability.
The EPSS score rose sharply from a low baseline to a peak of 0.4590 before receding to the current value of 0.0303, indicating a period of increased exploitation interest following disclosure.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2022-48659
Vulnerability details
Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') vulnerability in Paytm Paytm Payment Gateway paytm-payments allows SQL Injection.This issue affects Paytm Payment Gateway: from n/a through 2.7.3.
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Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
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.