CVE-2022-21661 Information

Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Reference

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84 https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/ https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214 https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/ https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039 http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663 https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/ https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/ https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5