CVE-2022-2240 | Request a Quote <= 2.3.7 - CSV Injection

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The Request a Quote WordPress plugin through 2.3.7 does not validate uploaded CSV files, allowing unauthenticated users to attach a malicious CSV file to a quote, which could lead to a CSV injection once an admin download and open it

Published: 2022-07-25 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2022-2240 is rated High Exploit Risk (70/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.16%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2022-2240

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-2240

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 3.35% 1.16% -2.19%
2 2025-08-04 3.69% 3.35% -0.34%
3 2025-08-03 3.69%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2022-2240

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
8.8 3.1 HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R)
A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
2.8 5.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2022-2240

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2022-2240

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emarketdesign request_a_quote <= 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:emarketdesign:request_a_quote:*:*:*:*:*:wordpress:*:*

References for CVE-2022-2240

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