# CVE-2022-3720: Event Monster < 1.2.1 - Admin+ SQLi

> High-privilege users can exploit SQL injection in the Event Monster 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:** 21 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 30 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-v727-m7g4-8xpx

## What is CVE-2022-3720?

CVE-2022-3720 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Event Monster, published on 21 Nov 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Event Monster WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 does not validate and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements, which could lead to SQL Injection exploitable by high privilege users

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3720?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Awplife Event Monster.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3720?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3720 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3720 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3720 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Event Monster

- [CVE-2024-1895](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-1895/): Event Monster <= 1.3.9 - Authenticated(Contributor+) PHP Object Injection via Custom Meta (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2023-47525](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-47525/): WordPress Event Management Tickets Booking Plugin <= 1.3.2 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) (medium 5.9)
- [CVE-2024-11396](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11396/): Event monster <= 1.4.3 - Information Exposure Via Visitors List Export (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2024-5059](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-5059/): WordPress Event Monster Plugin <= 1.4.0 - Sensitive Data Exposure vulnerability (medium 5.3)
- [CVE-2022-3336](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3336/): Event Monster < 1.2.0 - Visitors Deletion via CSRF (medium 4.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3720 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3720 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Event Monster, published on 21 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-2022-3720 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Event Monster. 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-2022-3720/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3720/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3720
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3720
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3720

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3720/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.