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TI-2022-03543 Aliases CVE-2022-3865GHSA-9ff9-jpcp-gg2m

WP User Merger < 1.5.3 - Admin+ SQLi via ID

Priority HIGH 73Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CISA ADP. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

The WP User Merger WordPress plugin before 1.5.3 does not properly sanitise and escape a parameter before using it in a SQL statement, leading to a SQL injection exploitable by users with a role as low as admin

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.01172 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by the CNA and NVD
Fix Fixed WP User Merger (Unknown): 1.5.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
UnknownWP User Mergerbefore 1.5.31.5.3Patch availableCNA
  • WP User Merger VendorUnknown Affected before 1.5.3 Fixed in 1.5.3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wp_user_merger_project:wp_user_merger:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*before 1.5.3VulnerableWp User Merger Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:wp_user_merger_project:wp_user_merger:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:* Versions before 1.5.3 Vulnerable ·Wp User Merger Project

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA WP User Merger (Unknown) Fixed in 1.5.3

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Release ·

    WP User Merger 1.5.3

    3 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-03529 WP User Merger < 1.5.3 - Admin+ SQLi via user_idPriority HIGH 73
    • TI-2022-03528 WP User Merger < 1.5.3 - Admin+ SQLi via wpsu_user_idPriority HIGH 73
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Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-3865
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9ff9-jpcp-gg2m

References

Exploit 2

  • TI-2022-03529 WP User Merger < 1.5.3 - Admin+ SQLi via user_id CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2022-03528 WP User Merger < 1.5.3 - Admin+ SQLi via wpsu_user_id CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8

Sources

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