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CVE-2022-0254

30
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-0254 is a critical SQL injection vulnerability affecting the WordPress Zero Spam plugin versions prior to 5.2.11. The flaw stems from improper sanitization and escaping of 'order' and 'orderby' parameters in SQL statements within the admin dashboard. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability allows unauthenticated attackers to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion has been observed, the high FAUCET Risk Score of 80/100 indicates its severe potential impact.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 5.2.11CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:highfivery:zero-spam:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
78.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0200 is in the 67th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

composerpatch availablevia ghsa
Product: bmarshall511/wordpress_zero_spamFixed in: 5.2.13

Vendor Advisories (1)

composerGHSA-pq2f-3fg3-rw99critical

SQL Injection in WordPress Zero Spam WordPress plugin

Mar 15, 2022

References

plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/2660225
PatchThird Party Advisory
plugins.trac.wordpress.org / changeset/2680906
PatchThird Party Advisory
wpscan.com / vulnerability/ae54681f-7b89-408c-b0ee-ba4a520db997
ExploitThird Party Advisory