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CVE-2022-21661 Detail

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.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84 Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84 Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/ Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/ Release Notes  Vendor Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039 Third Party Advisory 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663 Exploit  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/understanding-the-wordpress-sql-injection-vulnerability-cve-2022-21661
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/ Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/ Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection') cwe source acceptance level NIST   GitHub, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-21661
NVD Published Date:
01/06/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/21/2024
Source:
GitHub, Inc.