Public exploit available
Public proof-of-concept or exploit code exists (ExploitDB / Metasploit / Nuclei).

CVE-2022-21661 — SQL Injection in Wordpress Wordpress-develop

CWE-89 — SQL Injection6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.5HIGHNVD
VulnCheck8.0
EPSS
90.9%
top 0.37%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
PoC available
Public exploit / PoC exists
Affected products
5
Wordpress Wordpress-developWordpressDebian Wordpress+2 more
Timeline
PublishedJan 6
Latest updateJan 13

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 vul…

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 5.8.3+dfsg1-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDwordpress/wordpress3.7 — 3.7.37+21
▶CVEListV5wordpress/wordpress-develop< 5.8.3
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 5.7.5+dfsg1-0+deb11u1+3

Also affects: Debian Linux 10.0, 11.0, 9.0, Fedora 34, 35

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
OSV
CVE-2022-21661: WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database↗2022-01-06
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VulnCheck
WordPress wordpress Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')↗2022
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💥Exploits & PoCs

2
Exploit-DB
WordPress Core 5.8.2 - 'WP_Query' SQL Injection↗2022-01-13
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Nuclei
WordPress <5.8.3 - SQL Injection
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2022-21661: wordpress - WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and...↗2022
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