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CVE-2022-0478: Event Manager for WooCommerce < 3.5.8 - Contributor+ SQL Injection

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-03-14 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Event Manager and Tickets Selling for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 3.5.8 does not validate and escape the post_author_gutenberg parameter before using it in a SQL statement when creating/editing events, which could allow users with a role as low as contributor to perform SQL Injection attacks

Affected products

• MagePeople Team Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce: before 3.5.8 — fixed in 3.5.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: MagePeople Team Event Manager and Tickets Selling Plugin for WooCommerce 3.5.8. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2671860
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d881d725-d06b-464f-a25e-88f41b1f431f
• https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/2671860
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/d881d725-d06b-464f-a25e-88f41b1f431f

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