CVE-2022-21662

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Low-privileged authenticated users (like author) in WordPress core are able to execute JavaScript/perform stored XSS attack, which can affect high-privileged users. 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 issue.

Link	Resource
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/	Release Notes Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-699q-3hj9-889w	Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2022-01-06 11:15

Updated : 2022-04-12 06:48

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NVD link : CVE-2022-21662

Mitre link : CVE-2022-21662

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