CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2022-0817

Badgeos vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
11.7%
EPSS pct
96th
Exploited
No known
The BadgeOS WordPress plugin through 3.7.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users
Affected vendor
Badgeos
Affected product
Badgeos
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2022-05-09

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 11.7% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2022-0817

  • Confirm whether Badgeos Badgeos is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2022-0817.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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