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CVE-2022-21664

HIGH

7.4

Description

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Due to lack of proper sanitization in one of the classes, there's potential for unintended SQL queries to be executed. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.8.3. Older affected versions are also fixed via security release, that go back till 4.1.34. We strongly recommend that you keep auto-updates enabled. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score7.4

SeverityHIGH

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

Attack VectorNETWORK

ComplexityLOW

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published1/6/2022

Last Modified11/21/2024

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxfedoraproject:fedorawordpress:wordpress

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-89CWE-89

References

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/c09ccfbc547d75b392dbccc1ef0b4442ccd3c957(security-advisories@github.com)

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-jp3p-gw8h-6x86(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://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/c09ccfbc547d75b392dbccc1ef0b4442ccd3c957(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-jp3p-gw8h-6x86(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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