# CVE-2022-0228: Popup Builder < 4.0.7 - Admin+ SQL Injection

> High-privilege users can perform SQL injection via unvalidated parameters in the admin dashboard of the Popup Builder plugin.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 21 Feb 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-w3jc-m34v-m835

## What is CVE-2022-0228?

CVE-2022-0228 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups., published on 21 Feb 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Popup Builder WordPress plugin before 4.0.7 does not validate and properly escape the orderby and order parameters before using them in a SQL statement in the admin dashboard, which could allow high privilege users to perform SQL injection

Weakness: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0228?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sygnoos Popup Builder.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-0228?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0228 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-0228 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0228 exists.

Public exploit code:

- Popup Builder < 4.0.7 - SQL Injection (nuclei): http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0228.yaml

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups.

- [CVE-2022-0479](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0479/): Popup Builder < 4.1.1 - SQL Injection to Reflected Cross-Site Scripting (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2020-9006](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2020-9006/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-14695](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-14695/): SQL injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2021-25082](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25082/): Popup Builder < 4.0.7 - LFI to RCE (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-6696](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-6696/): Missing authorization in Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. (high 8.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0228 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-0228 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups., published on 21 Feb 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-0228 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups.. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0228/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0228/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0228
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0228
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0228

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0228/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.