CVE-2022-0887: Easy Social Icons < 3.1.4 - Admin+ SQL Injection

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-04-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Easy Social Icons WordPress plugin before 3.1.4 does not sanitize the selected_icons attribute to the cnss_widget before using it in an SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection vulnerability.

Affected products

cybernetikz Easy Social Icons: before 3.1.4 — fixed in 3.1.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: cybernetikz Easy Social Icons 3.1.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6c1676d-9dcb-45f6-833a-9545bccd0ad6
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a6c1676d-9dcb-45f6-833a-9545bccd0ad6

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