CVE-2022-0478 Event Manager for WooCommerce < 3.5.8 - Contributor+ SQL Injection
Contributors can perform SQL injection via the post_author_gutenberg parameter in the Event Manager for WooCommerce plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-0478?
CVE-2022-0478 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce, published on 14 Mar 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Event Manager and Tickets Selling for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 3.5.8 does not validate and escape the post_author_gutenberg parameter before using it in a SQL statement when creating/editing events, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform SQL Injection attacks
Weakness: CWE-89
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0478?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Mage-People Event Manager and Tickets Selling for Woocommerce.
How do I fix CVE-2022-0478?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-0478 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.
Is CVE-2022-0478 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0478 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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- CVE-2025-5568 WpEvently <= 4.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting
- CVE-2023-36383 WordPress Event Manager for WooCommerce Plugin <= 3.9.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS)
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-5ggf-pcfp-jv8f.