CVE-2022-3769

OWM Weather < 5.6.9 - Contributor+ SQLi

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Published Nov 28, 2022 CVSS 3.1 · 8.8 High EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

The OWM Weather WordPress plugin before 5.6.9 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 contributor

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Unknown

OWM Weather

unaffected

Version	Status	Constraints
`0`	affected	< 5.6.9

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:ujsoftware:owm_weather:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

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Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2022-43121	The OWM Weather WordPress plugin before 5.6.9 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 contributor

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 1.2% (1.172% probability within 30 days)

Exploitation poc

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

References

Link	Providers
https://bulletin.iese.de/post/owm-weather_5-6-8/
https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/2f9ffc1e-c8a9-47bb-a76b-d043c93e63f8

History

Apr 25, 2025 3:15 PM Scoring metrics updated View changes

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

Subscriptions

Ujsoftware Owm Weather

Weaknesses

No weakness.

Sources

CVE record Updated: Apr 25, 2025, 3:04 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: WPScan
Published: Nov 28, 2022, 1:47 PM
Updated: Apr 25, 2025, 3:04 PM
Reserved: Oct 31, 2022, 1:16 PM

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Vulnrichment Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:20 AM

Updated: Aug 3, 2024, 1:20 AM

NVD Updated: Jun 17, 2026, 5:00 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 28, 2022, 2:15 PM
Modified: Jun 17, 2026, 5:00 AM

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