BIT-wordpress-2022-21661

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    BIT-wordpress-2022-21661

    Published: 6 Mar 2024Last Modified: 8 Sept 2026

    Summary: SQL injection in WordPress

    Details: 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.

    References: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html, https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214, https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html, 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://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039, https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663, https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/, https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/understanding-the-wordpress-sql-injection-vulnerability-cve-2022-21661, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21661

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:bitnami/wordpress

    Affected ranges

    Type: SEMVER

    Events:

    Introduced- 3.7.0
    Fixed -3.7.37

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
    BIT-wordpress-2022-21661 | CVE-DB