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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 21, 2022· Updated Apr 30, 2025

Event Monster < 1.2.1 - Admin+ SQLi

CVE-2022-3720

Description

The Event Monster WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability exploitable by high-privilege users, allowing unauthorized database access.

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The Event Monster WordPress plugin before 1.2.0 contains an SQL injection vulnerability exploitable by high-privilege users, allowing unauthorized database access.

Vulnerability

The Event Monster WordPress plugin versions before 1.2.0 fail to validate and escape parameters used in SQL statements, leading to a SQL injection vulnerability [1]. The flaw affects the plugin's handling of user-supplied input in administrative functions.

Exploitation

An attacker must have high-privilege access (e.g., Administrator) to the WordPress site. The attacker can inject malicious SQL queries through unvalidated parameters, potentially extracting or modifying database contents [1].

Impact

Successful exploitation allows an attacker to read, modify, or delete arbitrary data in the WordPress database, including user credentials and sensitive information, compromising the site's confidentiality and integrity [1].

Mitigation

The vulnerability is fixed in version 1.2.1 of the Event Monster plugin [1]. Users should update to the latest version immediately. No workarounds are documented.

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Patches

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