CVE-2022-36394 HIGH

CVE-2022-36394: WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 17.0.4 - Authenticated SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability

Vendor Contest Gallery

Product Contest Gallery (WordPress plugin)

Weakness CWE-89 · SQLi

Published August 23, 2022

Last update April 28, 2026

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CVSS base score

7.6/10

Attack vector Network

Attack complexity Low

Privileges required High

User interaction None

Confidentiality High

Integrity Low

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:N

What the vulnerability does

01Description

Authenticated (author+) SQL Injection (SQLi) vulnerability in Contest Gallery plugin <= 17.0.4 at WordPress.

Explanation of Vulnerability in Simple Terms

02Summary

Contest Gallery versions up to 17.0.4 contain a SQL injection vulnerability in an administrative function. An attacker with high-level site privileges can inject malicious SQL commands to read sensitive database information. The vulnerability requires admin or editor access and does not affect site availability.

What an attacker can do

03Attacker Capabilities

Read sensitive data from the site's database by injecting SQL commands through an admin function.

Potential impact on your site

04Site Impact

A compromised admin account could expose user data, posts, or other database records without leaving obvious traces.

Conditions required to exploit

05Prerequisites

Attacker must have high-level WordPress privileges (admin or editor role).

Key dates

06Disclosure timeline

August 23, 2022 CVE published

April 28, 2026 Record updated

External resources

07References

NVD — National Vulnerability Database https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-36394 CWE — Common Weakness Enumeration https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html AskarLabs — CWE-89 write-up SQL Injection

Related vulnerabilities

Identifiers

CVE CVE-2022-36394

CWE CWE-89

CVSS 7.6 / HIGH

Affected versions