CVE-2022-4099: Joy Of Text Lite < 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated SQLi

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2023-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Joy Of Text Lite WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not properly sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements accessible to unauthenticated users, leading to unauthenticated SQL injection

Affected products

Getcloudsms Joy Of Text Lite: before 2.3.1 — fixed in 2.3.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Getcloudsms Joy Of Text Lite 2.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a282dd39-926d-406b-b8f5-e4c6e0c2c028
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a282dd39-926d-406b-b8f5-e4c6e0c2c028

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