CVE-2022-21664

SQL injection in WordPress

Published: Jan 6, 2022Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-89

7.4HIGH

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

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

WordPress

oss-project·USaka wordpress.org, wp, wordpress mu

wordpressOn-premWeb App

Web & CMS Plugins / cms-core

wordpress-develop

Web & CMS Plugins

debian

oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux

debian linuxOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

fedoraproject

oss-project·USaka fedora project

fedoraOn-premOS

Operating Systems / linux-distro

Exploitability

Official Patch Available

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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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