CVE-2022-1013: Personal Dictionary < 1.3.4 - Unauthenticated SQLi

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-05-09 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-89

Description

The Personal Dictionary WordPress plugin before 1.3.4 fails to properly sanitize user supplied POST data before it is being interpolated in an SQL statement and then executed, leading to a blind SQL injection vulnerability.

Affected products

Personal Dictionary: before 1.3.4 — fixed in 1.3.4

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Personal Dictionary 1.3.4. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eed70659-9e3e-42a2-b427-56c52e0fbc0d
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/eed70659-9e3e-42a2-b427-56c52e0fbc0d

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