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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2022-3860
CVE-2022-3860:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
CVE-2022-3860 affects the Visual Email Designer for WooCommerce plugin versions below 1.7.2. The vulnerability was publicly disclosed on December 9, 2022, and involves multiple SQL injection vulnerabilities that can be exploited by users with author-level privileges or higher (WPScan).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization and escaping of parameters before their use in SQL statements. The issue has been assigned a CVSS score of 6.8 (medium severity) and is classified as a SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89). It falls under the OWASP Top 10 category A1: Injection (WPScan).
Impact
The vulnerability allows attackers with author-level access or higher to perform SQL injection attacks against the WordPress database. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive data, manipulation of database contents, or other malicious database operations (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vulnerability has been fixed in version 1.7.2 of the Visual Email Designer for WooCommerce plugin. Users are advised to update to this version or later to mitigate the risk (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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