CVE-2022-3858 Chaty < 3.0.3 - Admin+ SQLi

What is CVE-2022-3858?

CVE-2022-3858 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button, published on 5 Dec 2022. An attacker needs administrator access to exploit it, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button WordPress plugin before 3.0.3 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-2022-3858?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Premio Chaty.

How do I fix CVE-2022-3858?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3858 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Use parameterised queries everywhere and never build SQL by joining strings. Upgrade affected software first; a web application firewall only buys time. More about SQL injection.

Is CVE-2022-3858 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3858 exists.

Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button

• CVE-2023-25019 WordPress Chaty Plugin <= 3.0.9 is vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS) High 7.1
• CVE-2021-25016 Chaty < 2.8.3 - Reflected Cross-Site Scripting Medium 6.1
• CVE-2023-47759 WordPress Chaty plugin <= 3.1.2 - Cross Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 5.9
• CVE-2023-3245 Floating Chat Widget < 3.1.2 - Admin+ Stored Cross-Site Scripting Medium 4.8
• CVE-2021-36846 WordPress Chaty plugin <= 2.8.3 - Authenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting (XSS) vulnerability Medium 4.8

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-gx37-5pp8-f39c.