cve-2022-21661

HIGH vulncheck_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.

Timeline
Published
2023-12-23 00:00 UTC
Last Modified
2023-12-23
CVSS Details

CVSS details not available.

Affected Products

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References

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Linked Vulnerabilities

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  "cvss": 0.0,
  "datePublished": "2023-12-23T00:00:00Z",
  "dateUpdated": "2023-12-23T00:00:00Z",
  "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.",
  "dueDate": "",
  "id": "CVE-2022-21661",
  "kev_catalogs": [
    "vulncheck"
  ],
  "knownRansomwareCampaignUse": "Unknown",
  "product": "wordpress",
  "requiredAction": "Apply remediations or mitigations per vendor instructions or discontinue use of the product if remediation or mitigations are unavailable.",
  "severity": "HIGH",
  "source": "vulncheck_kev",
  "title": "WordPress wordpress Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command",
  "vendor": "WordPress"
}
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