# CVE-2022-1905: Events Made Easy < 2.2.81 - Unauthenticated SQLi

> Unauthenticated attackers can exploit SQL injection in the Events Made Easy plugin to read or modify database contents.

- **Severity:** Critical 9.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 20 Jun 2022
- **Updated:** 3 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-hp3q-wx9r-xwc6

## What is CVE-2022-1905?

CVE-2022-1905 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Events Made Easy, published on 20 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Events Made Easy WordPress plugin before 2.2.81 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action available to unauthenticated users, leading to a SQL injection

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-1905?

It affects 1 product.


Products: E-Dynamics Events Made Easy.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-1905?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-1905 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-1905 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1905 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Events Made Easy

- [CVE-2023-28660](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-28660/): SQL injection in Events Made Easy WordPress Plugin (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2021-25030](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-25030/): Events Made Easy < 2.2.36 - Subscriber+ SQL Injection (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2023-0404](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-0404/): Events Made Easy <= 2.3.16 - Missing Authorization (medium 5.4)
- [CVE-2021-24813](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2021-24813/): Events Made Easy < 2.2.24 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting (medium 4.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-1905 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-1905 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Events Made Easy, published on 20 Jun 2022. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-1905 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Unknown Events Made Easy. 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-2022-1905/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1905/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-1905
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1905
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-1905

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-1905/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.