CVE-2022-51021 PUBLISHED

NotificationX WordPress Plugin < 2.3.12 Unauthenticated SQL Injection via notification REST endpoint

Assigner: VulnCheck
Reserved: 14.10.2026 Published: 22.10.2026 Updated: 22.10.2026

NotificationX plugin for WordPress 2.0.0 before 2.3.12 contains an unauthenticated SQL injection vulnerability that allows remote attackers to manipulate database queries by supplying an array-form 'id' parameter to /wp-json/notificationx/v1/notification/{id}. Attackers can pass id[1] with crafted SQL, such as time-based SLEEP payloads, along with an api_key derived from md5(home_url()), which flows unsanitized into Database::get_where_query to extract database contents. Exploitation evidence was first observed by the Shadowserver Foundation on 2023-10-18.

Metrics

CVSS Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
CVSS Score: 8.8

Product Status

Vendor WPDeveloper
Product NotificationX
Versions Default: unaffected
  • affected from 2.0.0 to 2.3.12 (excl.)

Credits

  • mikemyers finder
  • The Shadowserver Foundation reporter

References

Problem Types

  • Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') CWE