Arbitrary SQL execution via nonce-free admin request
Published Nov 21, 2022 · Updated Apr 30, 2025
CSRF in My wpdb before 2.5 allows remote attackers to make an administrator execute arbitrary SQL through a forged request. The mywpdb_page handler accepts table, row-selection, and update fields in a POST request and performs the requested database operation without validating a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open attacker-controlled content; the query then runs with that administrator's database-management capability.
Summary
What happened
CSRF in My wpdb before 2.5 allows remote attackers to make an administrator execute arbitrary SQL through a forged request. The mywpdb_page handler accepts table, row-selection, and update fields in a POST request and performs the requested database operation without validating a WordPress nonce. Exploitation requires a logged-in administrator to open attacker-controlled content; the query then runs with that administrator's database-management capability.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-1578
- Published
- Nov 21, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 30, 2025
- Vendor
- Shota Kawakatsu
- Product
- My wpdb
- Classifications
- CWE-352, CAPEC-62, T1204.001
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Nov 21, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 30, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <2.5
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Public exploit references
- WPScan cross-site request forgery formproof of concept · validated
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