High severity · published Jan 6, 2022
CVE-2022-21661
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database
7.5
CVSS
97.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)97.8% · higher than 100% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
3.7 before 3.7.37; 3.8 before 3.8.37; 3.9 before 3.9.35; 4.0 before 4.0.34; 4.1 before 4.1.34; 4.2 before 4.2.31; +16 more · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
9.0; 10.0; 11.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
34; 35 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21661
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21661
Exploit
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html
Patch
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214
Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/
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