CVE-2022-21661

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2022-21661
  • Assigner
  • security-advisories@github.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2022-01-06T23:15:07
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2022-04-12T18:47:13
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-89 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/89.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 5.8.3
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.1
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
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 VDB Entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663 Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21661
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2022-21661
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:43:18 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-06 05:49:50 2022-01-06T23:15Z 2022-01-06T23:15:07 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-06 05:49:50 2022-04-12T18:47:13 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-06 05:49:50 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated