PT-2022-26010 · WordPress · Contest Gallery+1

Daniel Krohmer + 1 · Published 2022-12-26 · Updated 2023-01-04 · CVE-2022-4166

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Contest Gallery WordPress plugin versions prior to 19.1.5.1 Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin versions prior to 19.1.5.1

Description The issue allows malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database. This is due to the failure to escape the addCountS POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in 4 activate.php.

Recommendations For Contest Gallery WordPress plugin versions prior to 19.1.5.1, update to version 19.1.5.1 or later. For Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin versions prior to 19.1.5.1, update to version 19.1.5.1 or later. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the 4 activate.php file to minimize the risk of exploitation. Avoid using the addCountS parameter in the affected API endpoint until the issue is resolved.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2022-4166

Affected Products

Contest Gallery

Contest Gallery Pro

References · 6

• 🔥 https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_12 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/6e7de2bb-5f71-4c27-ae79-4f6b2ba7f86f · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4166 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4166 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/40708 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/55359 · Telegram Post