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CVE-2022-21664

SQL injection in WordPress

Published: Jan 6, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-89
NVD MITRE
7.4CVSSHIGH
EPSS Score
4.0%
Top 10.8%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
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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.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:LUI:NS:CC:LI:LA:L
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:LPrivileges Required
Low
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:CScope
Changed
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:LAvailability
Low
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Weaknesses

CWE-89

Affected Products

wordpresswordpress
On-premWeb App
Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core
debian linuxdebian
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
fedorafedoraproject
On-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
wordpress-developWordPressWeb & CMS Plugins
wordpressoss-projectUSWeb & CMS Pluginsaka wp, wordpress.org, wordpress mu
debianoss-projectGBOperating Systemsaka debian gnu/linux
fedoraprojectoss-projectUSOperating Systemsaka fedora project

Attack Graph

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/c09ccfbc547d75b392dbccc1ef0b4442ccd3c957
github.com
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-jp3p-gw8h-6x86
github.com
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html
lists.debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Jan 6, 2022
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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