CVE-2022-2593
Better Search and Replace < 1.4.1 - Admin+ SQLi
The Better Search Replace WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not properly sanitise and escape table data before inserting it into a SQL query, which could allow high privilege users to perform SQL Injection attacks
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- High
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
The Better Search Replace WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not properly sanitise and escape table data before inserting it into a SQL query, which could allow high privilege users to perform SQL Injection attacks
- Record
CVE-2022-2593- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
Better Search and Replace < 1.4.1 - Admin+ SQLi
The Better Search Replace WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not properly sanitise and escape table data before inserting it into a SQL query, which could allow high privilege users to perform SQL Injection attacks
- Record
CVE-2022-2593- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-34841 No score
The Better Search Replace WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not properly sanitise and escape table data before inserting it into a SQL query, which could allow high privilege users to perform SQL Injection attacks
- Record
EUVD-2022-34841- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-9rqh-x72q-rhcr
The Better Search Replace WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not properly sanitise and escape...
The Better Search Replace WordPress plugin before 1.4.1 does not properly sanitise and escape table data before inserting it into a SQL query, which could allow high privilege users to perform SQL Injection attacks
- Record
GHSA-9rqh-x72q-rhcr- CVSS 3.1
- 7.2 High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-89
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases, products | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2022-2593 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.2) in Deliciousbrains Better Search Replace, published August 22, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.37%, the 72nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.