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CVE-2022-0827

Bestbooks <= 2.6.3 - Unauthenticated SQLi

9.8 Critical

The Bestbooks WordPress plugin through 2.6.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

9.13%Up 8.2 points since Jun 14, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

The Bestbooks WordPress plugin through 2.6.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users

Record
CVE-2022-0827
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0
7.5 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness
CWE-89
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Bestbooks <= 2.6.3 - Unauthenticated SQLi

The Bestbooks WordPress plugin through 2.6.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users

Record
CVE-2022-0827
Weakness
CWE-89
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-15875 No score

The Bestbooks WordPress plugin through 2.6.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users

Record
EUVD-2022-15875
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fw4m-gxhm-8fj4 9.8

The Bestbooks WordPress plugin through 2.6.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before...

The Bestbooks WordPress plugin through 2.6.3 does not sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in a SQL statement via an AJAX action, leading to an SQL Injection exploitable by unauthenticated users

Record
GHSA-fw4m-gxhm-8fj4
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-89
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
NucleiWordPress Best Books <=2.6.3 - SQL Injection

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, Nuclei, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-0827 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Presspage Bestbooks, published June 13, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 9.13%, the 95th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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