Unauthenticated database disclosure via unescaped cg_Fields input
Published Dec 26, 2022 · Updated Apr 11, 2025
SQL injection in Contest Gallery and Contest Gallery Pro before 19.1.5.1 allows remote attackers to read WordPress database data. In users-registry-check-registering-and-login.php, the registration handler concatenates attacker-controlled cg_Fields Form_Input_ID values into an SQL query without escaping. A reachable Contest Gallery registration form provides the required gallery context; no WordPress account or user interaction is required.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in Contest Gallery and Contest Gallery Pro before 19.1.5.1 allows remote attackers to read WordPress database data. In users-registry-check-registering-and-login.php, the registration handler concatenates attacker-controlled cg_Fields Form_Input_ID values into an SQL query without escaping. A reachable Contest Gallery registration form provides the required gallery context; no WordPress account or user interaction is required.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4158
- Published
- Dec 26, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 11, 2025
- Vendor
- Wasiliy Strecker / ContestGallery developer
- Product
- Contest Gallery Pro
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Dec 26, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0 <19.1.5.1
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Public exploit references
- WPScan unauthenticated time-based SQL injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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