# 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.

- **Severity:** High 8.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 14 Mar 2022
- **Updated:** 2 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5ggf-pcfp-jv8f

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-0478?

It affects 1 product.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2022-0478 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0478 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce

- [CVE-2024-24796](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-24796/): WordPress Event Manager for WooCommerce Plugin <= 4.1.1 is vulnerable to PHP Object Injection (high 8.2)
- [CVE-2024-43138](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-43138/): WordPress Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce plugin <= 4.2.1 - Local File Inclusion vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2025-5568](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-5568/): WpEvently <= 4.4.2 - Authenticated (Contributor+) Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2023-36383](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-36383/): WordPress Event Manager for WooCommerce Plugin <= 3.9.5 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-28422](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28422/): WordPress Event Manager for WooCommerce Plugin <= 3.8.6 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-0478 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-0478 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce. 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-2022-0478/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0478/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0478
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0478
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-0478

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0478/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.