Check Point Advisories

WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin SQL Injection (CVE-2022-0169)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2022-0717
Date Published:	20 Oct 2022
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Thursday 20 October, 2022
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2022-0169
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?	WordPress Photo Gallery plugin before 1.6.0
Vulnerability Description	A SQL injection vulnerability exists in the WordPress Photo Gallery plugin. This vulnerability is due to an input validation error on the bwg_tag_id_bwg_thumbnails_0 parameter.

Protection Overview

This protection detects attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R81 / R80 / R77 / R75

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin SQL Injection (CVE-2022-0169) protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: RDP Enforcement Violation.
Attack Information: WordPress Photo Gallery Plugin SQL Injection (CVE-2022-0169)