# CVE-2022-3689: HTML Forms < 1.3.25 - Admin+ SQLi

> High-privilege users can exploit SQL injection in the HTML Forms WordPress plugin to read or modify database contents.

- **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:** 28 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 25 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-pj2v-wf83-5cr4

## What is CVE-2022-3689?

CVE-2022-3689 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown HTML Forms, published on 28 Nov 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The HTML Forms WordPress plugin before 1.3.25 does not properly properly escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3689?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linksoftwarellc Html Forms.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3689?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3689 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3689 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3689 exists.

Public exploit code:

- CVE-2022-3689 (github_poc): https://github.com/tpdlshdmlrkfmcla/CVE-2022-3689

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown HTML Forms

- [CVE-2025-46236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-46236/): WordPress HTML Forms plugin <= 1.5.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-6412](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6412/): HTML Forms – Simple WordPress Forms Plugin < 1.3.34 - Bulk Delete via CSRF (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2024-6243](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-6243/): HTML Forms < 1.3.33 - Admin+ Stored XSS (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2023-50836](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-50836/): WordPress HTML Forms Plugin <= 1.3.28 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3689 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3689 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown HTML Forms, published on 28 Nov 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-2022-3689 exists.

Affected product: Unknown HTML Forms. 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-2022-3689/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3689/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3689
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3689
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3689

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