VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-21661
CVSS score8 HIGH
EPSS probability97.80%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-01-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-89
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-89
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security-advisories@github.com — Patch, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Patch, Third Party Advisory