CVE-2022-3925 — The buddybadges WordPress plugin through 1

The buddybadges WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users

01What is this vulnerability?

The buddybadges WordPress plugin through 1.0.0 does not sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	buddybadges	0

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2022-12-12T17:54:38.632Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-22T15:09:13.253Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/178499a3-97d1-4ab2-abbe-4a9d2ebc85da
• bulletin.iese.de — https://bulletin.iese.de/post/buddybadges_1-0-0/