CVE-2022-4163: Contest Gallery < 19.1.5 - Author+ SQL Injection

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2022-12-26 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The Contest Gallery WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1, Contest Gallery Pro WordPress plugin before 19.1.5.1 do not escape the cg_deactivate and cg_activate POST parameters before concatenating it to an SQL query in 2_deactivate.php and 4_activate.php, respectively. This may allow malicious users with at least author privilege to leak sensitive information from the site's database.

Affected products

Contest Gallery Pro: before 19.1.5.1 — fixed in 19.1.5.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Contest Gallery Pro 19.1.5.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_10
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de0d7db7-f911-4f5f-97f6-885ca60822d1
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/contest-gallery_19-1-4-1_10
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/de0d7db7-f911-4f5f-97f6-885ca60822d1

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