Short URL <= 1.6.4 — Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
CVE-2022-46860Published · Updated Action summary
Affected: ≤1.6.4Update to 1.6.5 or newer
All remediation steps- Severity
- High8.8
- CVSS
- 8.8CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HWhat does this vector mean?
AV:NAttack vector- Network
AC:LAttack complexity- Low
PR:LPrivileges required- Low
UI:NUser interaction- None
S:UScope- Unchanged
C:HConfidentiality- High
I:HIntegrity- High
A:HAvailability- High
- Weakness
- CWE-89 SQL Injection
- Required access
- Unknown
- Exploit prediction (EPSS)
- No score
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
On this page8
Am I affected?
Short URL shorten-url
- Affected≤ 1.6.4
- Patched in1.6.5
Update to 1.6.5 or newer.
You are affected if you run ≤ 1.6.4. Version 1.6.5 and later are not affected by this issue.
- Check your version: in wp-admin go to Plugins → Installed Plugins and read the version under Short URL.
- No admin access? Run a passive check of your site. It reads public files only.
What to do
- Update to version 1.6.5, or a newer patched version
- Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.
- Watch Short URL to get an email when the next vulnerability is published.
Advisory
Source description from Wordfence Intelligence, credited to Le Ngoc Anh.
The Short URL plugin for WordPress is vulnerable to SQL Injection via the 'idLink' parameter of the reset_link() function called via an AJAX action in versions up to, and including, 1.6.4 due to insufficient escaping on the user supplied parameter and lack of sufficient preparation on the existing SQL query. This makes it possible for authenticated attackers, with minimal permissions such as a subscriber, to append additional SQL queries into already existing queries that can be used to extract sensitive information from the database.
Exploits & references
Proof-of-concept & detection
No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.
Advisories & patches
- Advisorywordfence.com
Related CVEs
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All 9| Severity | Vulnerability | CVE | Published |
|---|---|---|---|
| Medium6.5 | Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection ≤1.6.8No patch available | CVE-2023-2921 | |
| Medium4.7 | Cross-Site Request Forgery via configuration_page ≤1.6.8No patch available | CVE-2023-1604 | |
| Medium6.1 | Reflected Cross-Site Scripting ≤1.6.8No patch available | CVE-2024-32138 | |
| Medium6.5 | Missing Authorization via multiple AJAX functions ≤1.6.8No patch available | CVE-2023-47225 | |
| Medium4.3 | Cross-Site Request Forgery ≤1.6.8No patch available | CVE-2023-45058 |
- Medium6.5Authenticated (Subscriber+) SQL Injection
≤1.6.8No patch available
- Medium4.7Cross-Site Request Forgery via configuration_page
≤1.6.8No patch available
- Medium6.1Reflected Cross-Site Scripting
≤1.6.8No patch available
- Medium6.5Missing Authorization via multiple AJAX functions
≤1.6.8No patch available
- Medium4.3Cross-Site Request Forgery
≤1.6.8No patch available
Same weakness (SQL Injection)
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|---|---|---|---|
| High7.2 | Unauthenticated Stored Cross-Site Scripting via Comment User-Agent Header | CVE-2026-120688 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated Arbitrary File Upload via File Upload via Public Form Submission | CVE-2026-125055 | |
| Critical9.8 | Unauthenticated PHP Object Injection to Remote Code Execution via 'form' Parameter | CVE-2026-119077 | |
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Timeline
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.8
Record last updated
Sources & licenses
Wordfence record- Vulnerability data
- Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
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