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CVE-2022-0254
Zero Spam < 5.2.11 - Admin+ SQL Injection
Critical9.8EPSS 2.0%
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- Updated
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- WPScan
Description
The WordPress Zero Spam WordPress plugin before 5.2.11 does not properly sanitise and escape the order and orderby parameters before using them in a SQL statement in the admin dashboard, leading to a SQL injection
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Weakness
Affected products
- affected 5.2.11 – < 5.2.11
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- Packagistbmarshall511/wordpress_zero_spamGHSA-pq2f-3fg3-rw99 (opens in a new tab)
References (3)
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae54681f-7b89-408c-b0ee-ba4a520db997 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2660225 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2680906 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-pq2f-3fg3-rw99 (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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