CVE-2022-4358

Status: ModifiedHigh (7.2)—

The WP RSS By Publishers WordPress plugin through 0.1 does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin

CVSS

Version: 3.1
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base score: 7.2

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.98%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 61
Score date: 10/7/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

WP RSS BY Publishers Project — WP RSS BY Publishers

References

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