VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2022-21663
CVSS score6.6 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.82%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2022-01-06
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/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. On a multisite, users with Super Admin role can bypass explicit/additional hardening under certain conditions through object injection. 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 issue.
Weakness classification
- security-advisories@github.com: CWE-74
- nvd@nist.gov: CWE-502
Primary references
- security-advisories@github.com — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com
- security-advisories@github.com
- security-advisories@github.com — Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- security-advisories@github.com — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 — Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108