# CVE-2022-4152: Contest Gallery < 19.1.5 - Author+ SQL Injection

> Authors can exploit SQL injection in Contest Gallery plugin to leak sensitive database information.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.5 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`)
- **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:** 26 Dec 2022
- **Updated:** 14 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-6vhw-xj9w-j95w

## What is CVE-2022-4152?

CVE-2022-4152 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Contest Gallery, published on 26 Dec 2022. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 19.1.5, Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin before 19.1.5 do not escape the option_id POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in edit-options.php. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-4152?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Contest-Gallery Contest Gallery.

## How do I fix CVE-2022-4152?

No fix has been published for CVE-2022-4152 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2022-4152 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2022-4152 exists.

## Other vulnerabilities in Unknown Contest Gallery

- [CVE-2024-11103](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-11103/): Contest Gallery <= 24.0.7 - Unauthenticated Arbitrary Password Reset to Privilege Escalation/Account Takeover (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2024-10687](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-10687/): SQL injection in Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2019-5974](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-5974/): Cross-site request forgery in Contest Gallery (high 8.8)
- [CVE-2024-32778](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-32778/): WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 21.3.4 - Arbitrary File Deletion vulnerability (high 8.5)
- [CVE-2024-30236](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2024-30236/): WordPress Contest Gallery plugin <= 21.3.4 - SQL Injection vulnerability (high 8.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2022-4152 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2022-4152 is a medium-severity SQL injection vulnerability in Unknown Contest Gallery, published on 26 Dec 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-2022-4152 exists.

Affected product: Unknown Contest Gallery. 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-2022-4152/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4152/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-4152
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4152
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2022-4152

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-4152/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.