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CVE-2022-3142

54
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-3142 is a high-severity SQL injection vulnerability affecting the NEX-Forms WordPress plugin prior to version 7.9.7. It allows authenticated users with permission to view form statistics, typically administrators, to execute arbitrary SQL commands due to improper input sanitization. The vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 8.8, indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, and has a FAUCET Risk Score of 97/100. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code is available via ExploitDB and Nuclei templates, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 7.9.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:basixonline:nex-forms:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

8.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
10.98%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
95.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
Nuclei: CVE-2022-3142 · Oct 17, 2023
ExploitDB: EDB-51042 · Mar 25, 2023
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.1098 is in the 94th percentile among its peer group of 17,822 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

packetstormsecurity.com / files/171477/WordPress-NEX-Forms-SQL-Injection.html
medium.com / %40elias.hohl/authenticated-sql-injection-vulnerability-in-nex-forms-wordpress-plugin-35b8558dd0f5
wpscan.com / vulnerability/8acc0fc6-efe6-4662-b9ac-6342a7823328
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