CVE-2022-0693

Master Elements vulnerability

CVSS

9.8

EPSS

7.1%

EPSS pct

94th

Exploited

No known

The Master Elements WordPress plugin through 8.0 does not validate and escape the meta_ids parameter of its remove_post_meta_condition AJAX action (available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users) before using it in a SQL statement, leading to an unauthenticated SQL Injection

Affected vendor

Devbunch

Affected product

Master Elements

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Published

2022-04-25

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 7.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-0693

Confirm whether Devbunch Master Elements is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-0693.
Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

How ThreatPort helps with CVE-2022-0693

ThreatPort's external attack surface scanner checks your internet-facing assets — agentlessly, from the outside in — for the exposed services and versions that CVE-2022-0693 affects, then prioritises the finding by real risk using CISA KEV and FIRST.org EPSS.

Run a free external exposure scan

Are you exposed to CVE-2022-0693?

Run an instant, non-intrusive external scan to check your attack surface for CVE-2022-0693.

Start free scan

No credit card. Agentless.

Related vulnerabilities

CRITICAL

CVE-2018-20377

Arv7519rw22 Livebox 2.1 Firmware vulnerability

Evlink Parking Firmware vulnerability