CVE-2022-45373 is a critical SQL Injection vulnerability (CWE-89) affecting Jason Crouse and VeronaLabs Slimstat Analytics plugin versions up to 5.0.4. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands due to improper neutralization of special elements. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a high risk of complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring no user interaction or complex attack conditions. While there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV) and no public exploit code in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness and potential for future exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:wp-slimstat:slimstat_analytics:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:L/A:L
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.