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CVE-2022-21663

MEDIUM

6.6

Description

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. On a multisite, users with Super Admin role can bypass explicit/additional hardening under certain conditions through object injection. 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.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score6.6

SeverityMEDIUM

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredHIGH

User InteractionNONE

Published1/6/2022

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedorawordpress:wordpress

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-74CWE-502

References

https://blog.sonarsource.com/wordpress-object-injection-vulnerability/(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-jmmq-m8p8-332h(security-advisories@github.com)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html(security-advisories@github.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/(security-advisories@github.com)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/(security-advisories@github.com)

https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/(security-advisories@github.com)

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039(security-advisories@github.com)

https://blog.sonarsource.com/wordpress-object-injection-vulnerability/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-jmmq-m8p8-332h(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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