CVE-2022-3860 Visual Email Designer for WooCommerce < 1.7.2 - Multiple Author+ SQLi
An attacker with author privileges can execute arbitrary SQL commands via unsanitized input in the Visual Email Designer for WooCommerce plugin.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2022-3860?
CVE-2022-3860 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Visual Email Designer for WooCommerce, published on 2 Jan 2023. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Visual Email Designer for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 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 author.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-3860?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Smackcoders Visual Email Designer for Woocommerce.
How do I fix CVE-2022-3860?
No fix has been published for CVE-2022-3860 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-2022-3860 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-3860 exists.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-q243-hv6q-rf59.