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CVE-2022-3769: OWM Weather < 5.6.9 - Contributor+ SQLi

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2022-11-28 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The OWM Weather WordPress plugin before 5.6.9 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as contributor

Affected products

• Uwe Jacobs OWM Weather: before 5.6.9 — fixed in 5.6.9

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Uwe Jacobs OWM Weather 5.6.9. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://bulletin.iese.de/post/owm-weather_5-6-8/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f9ffc1e-c8a9-47bb-a76b-d043c93e63f8
• https://bulletin.iese.de/post/owm-weather_5-6-8/
• https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f9ffc1e-c8a9-47bb-a76b-d043c93e63f8

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