CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2022-3860 — Smackcoders Visual Email Designer For Woocommerce security vulnerability

High CVSS 8.8

The Visual Email Designer for WooCommerce WordPress plugin before 1.7.2 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as author.

Severity
High
CVSS
8.8 (3.1)
Published
2023-01-02
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
php/wordpress

Affected products

  • smackcoders / visual_email_designer_for_woocommerce

Matched remediation archetype

SQL and data-query injection

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Check exposure

  • Trace request, message, file, and stored values into SQL, ORM query fragments, filters, sort expressions, and other data-query languages.
  • Inventory database roles, reachable schemas, multi-tenant boundaries, and whether stacked or administrative operations are enabled.
  • Check both direct queries and second-order use of previously stored values.

Remediate safely

  • Use parameterized queries or safe query builders for all values; map identifiers and operators through explicit allowlists.
  • Remove raw query concatenation and give the application account only the tables and operations it requires.
  • Update affected data-access components and add regression tests for query structure preservation with inert edge-case inputs.

Authoritative sources

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