CVE-2022-4358 — The WP RSS By Publishers WordPress plugin through 0

The WP RSS By Publishers WordPress plugin through 0.1 does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin

01What is this vulnerability?

The WP RSS By Publishers WordPress plugin through 0.1 does not properly sanitize and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by high privilege users such as admin

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Unknown	WP RSS By Publishers	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: 2023-01-02T21:49:24.151Z
• Last modified: 2025-04-10T15:06:49.835Z

09References

• wpscan.com — https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/0076a3b8-9a25-41c9-bb07-36ffe2c8c37d
• bulletin.iese.de — https://bulletin.iese.de/post/wp-rss-by-publishers_0-1_3