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CVE-2022-4358:
WordPress vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
The WP RSS By Publishers WordPress plugin through version 0.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability (CVE-2022-4358) that was discovered and disclosed on December 8, 2022. The vulnerability affects the plugin's admin interface and is exploitable by users with high privileges such as administrators (WPScan, CVE).
Technical details
The vulnerability stems from improper sanitization and escaping of a parameter before its use in SQL statements. It has been classified as a SQL injection (SQLI) vulnerability with OWASP Top 10 category A1: Injection and CWE-89. The vulnerability has been assigned a CVSS score of 4.1 (medium severity) (WPScan).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability allows high-privilege users such as administrators to perform SQL injection attacks against the database, potentially leading to unauthorized data access or manipulation (WPScan).
Mitigation and workarounds
As of the vulnerability disclosure, there is no known fix available for this vulnerability. Users should consider discontinuing use of the plugin until a security update is released (WPScan).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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