# CVE-2022-3849: WP User Merger < 1.5.3 - Admin+ SQLi via user_id

> An authenticated admin can exploit SQL injection in WP User Merger to read or modify database contents.

- **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:** 28 Nov 2022
- **Updated:** 28 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-3g68-h29c-7326

## What is CVE-2022-3849?

CVE-2022-3849 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WP User Merger, published on 28 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The WP User Merger WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as admin

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3849?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Wp User Merger Project Wp User Merger.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-3849?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3849 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-3849 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3849 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown WP User Merger

- [CVE-2022-3848](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3848/): WP User Merger < 1.5.3 - Admin+ SQLi via wpsu_user_id (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2022-3865](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3865/): WP User Merger < 1.5.3 - Admin+ SQLi via ID (high 8.8)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-3849 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-3849 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown WP User Merger, published on 28 Nov 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3849 exists.

Affected product: Unknown WP User Merger. 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-2022-3849/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3849/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-3849
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-3849
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-3849

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-3849/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.