Administrator-level SQL injection via post_id parameter
Published Jan 2, 2023 · Updated Apr 11, 2025
SQL injection in QeRetail Qe SEO Handyman 1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with administrator access to alter database queries. The save_all_page_meta AJAX action places the attacker-controlled post_id parameter into an SQL statement without adequate sanitization, escaping, or parameterization. An administrator session and a crafted request to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php are required; the published time-delay payload demonstrates attacker-controlled query execution.
Summary
What happened
SQL injection in QeRetail Qe SEO Handyman 1.0 and earlier allows remote authenticated users with administrator access to alter database queries. The save_all_page_meta AJAX action places the attacker-controlled post_id parameter into an SQL statement without adequate sanitization, escaping, or parameterization. An administrator session and a crafted request to wp-admin/admin-ajax.php are required; the published time-delay payload demonstrates attacker-controlled query execution.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2022-4351
- Published
- Jan 2, 2023
- Updated
- Apr 11, 2025
- Vendor
- QeRetail
- Product
- Qe SEO Handyman
- Classifications
- CWE-89, T1190
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- admin
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 2, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 11, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=0 <=1.0
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- WPScan time-based SQL injection proof of conceptproof of concept · demonstrated
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