Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Mar 14, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2022-0254

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

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Affected packages

Versions sourced from the GitHub Security Advisory.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
bmarshall511/wordpress_zero_spamPackagist	< 5.2.13	5.2.13

Affected products

WordPress/Hero Slider Wordpress Slider Plugincpe-rescue
Package: https://wordpress.org/plugins/hero-slider-wordpress-slider-plugin
ghsa-coords
pkg:composer/bmarshall511/wordpress_zero_spam
Range: < 5.2.13

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2660225nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2680906nvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryWEB
wpscan.com/vulnerability/ae54681f-7b89-408c-b0ee-ba4a520db997nvdExploitThird Party AdvisoryWEB
github.com/advisories/GHSA-pq2f-3fg3-rw99ghsaADVISORY
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0254ghsaADVISORY
github.com/Highfivery/zero-spam-for-wordpress/commit/49723f696f1e2f2a76ac89375910bb036a4895f3ghsaWEB

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