CVE-2022-0434

CRITICAL EXPLOITED NUCLEI

WordPress Plugin <2.4.15 - SQL Injection

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

CVE-2022-0434 has been observed exploited in the wild (reported by VulnCheck KEV). A Nuclei detection template is also available.

Description

The Page View Count WordPress plugin before 2.4.15 does not sanitise and escape the post_ids parameter before using it in a SQL statement via a REST endpoint, available to both unauthenticated and authenticated users. As a result, unauthenticated attackers could perform SQL injection attacks

Nuclei Templates (1)

WordPress Page Views Count <2.4.15 - SQL Injection
CRITICALVERIFIEDby theamanrawat

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Exploit, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/be895016-7365-4ce4-a54f-f36d0ef2d6f1

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.1478
EPSS Percentile 96.3%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

VulnCheck KEV 2025-06-07
CWE
CWE-89
Status published
Products (1)
a3rev/page_view_count < 2.4.15
Published Mar 07, 2022
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026