CVE Vulnerability

CVE-2022-21661

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Due to improper sanitization in WP_Query, there can be cases where SQL injection is possible through plugins or themes that use it in a certain way. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.8.3. Older affected versions are also fixed via security release, that go back till 3.7.37. We strongly recommend that you keep auto-updates enabled. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

5 /10

CVSS v2.0 :

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 10 / Impact : 2.9

Attack Vector

Attack Complexity

Privileges Required

User Interaction

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope

7.5 /10

CVSS v3.0 : HIGH

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

Scope UNCHANGED

References
Link Resource
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84 Third Party Advisory
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/ Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214 Patch Third Party Advisory
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/ Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039 Third Party Advisory
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663 Exploit Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/ Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Configurations

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Information

Published : 2022-01-06 11:15

Updated : 2022-04-12 06:47

NVD link : CVE-2022-21661

Mitre link : CVE-2022-21661

Products Affected
No products.
CWE
CWE-89