First published: Mon Dec 26 2022(Updated: )
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1, Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1 do not escape the cg_copy_start POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in copy-gallery-images.php. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.
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Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Contest-gallery Contest Gallery | <19.1.5.1 | |
Contest-gallery Contest Gallery | <19.1.5.1 | |
<19.1.5.1 | ||
<19.1.5.1 |
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The vulnerability ID for the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin is CVE-2022-4161.
The severity level of CVE-2022-4161 is medium (6.5).
Versions up to and excluding 19.1.5.1 of the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin are affected by CVE-2022-4161.
Yes, you can learn more about CVE-2022-4161 from the following references: [https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_16](https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_16) and [https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a66af8f7-1d5f-4fe5-a2ba-03337064583b](https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a66af8f7-1d5f-4fe5-a2ba-03337064583b).
To fix the vulnerability in the Contest Gallery WordPress plugin, you need to update to a version later than 19.1.5.1.