High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Dec 26, 2022· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2022-4156
CVE-2022-4156
Description
The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1, Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1 do not escape the user_id POST parameter before concatenating it to an SQL query in ajax-functions-backend.php. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.
AI Insight
LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.
Affected products
5cpe:2.3:a:contest-gallery:contest_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:contest-gallery:contest_gallery:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*range: <19.1.5.1
- cpe:2.3:a:contest-gallery:contest_gallery:*:*:*:*:pro:wordpress:*:*range: <19.1.5.1
(expand)+ 1 more
- (no CPE)
- (no CPE)range: <19.1.5.1
- Range: <19.1.5.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
2- bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_1nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
- wpscan.com/vulnerability/254f6e8b-5fa9-4d6d-8e0e-1a4cae18aee0nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
News mentions
0No linked articles in our index yet.