Authenticated SQL injection via unsanitized template type
Published Jan 2, 2023 · Updated Apr 10, 2025
SQL injection in Smackcoders Email Template Builder before 1.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute database queries. Fifteen swcm_* WordPress actions insert the template_type request parameter into SQL without sanitization or escaping. An Author account can submit time-delay payloads through these actions, enabling database reads or writes within the site's database privileges.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in Smackcoders Email Template Builder before 1.7.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute database queries. Fifteen swcm_* WordPress actions insert the template_type request parameter into SQL without sanitization or escaping. An Author account can submit time-delay payloads through these actions, enabling database reads or writes within the site's database privileges.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-3860
- Published
- Jan 2, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 10, 2025
- Vendor
- Smackcoders Inc.
- Product
- Email Template Builder for WooCommerce & Easy Digital Downloads
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 2, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 10, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <1.7.2
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Public exploit references
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