CVE-2022-21662

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    CVE-2022-21662

    Published: 6 Jan 2022Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: Stored XSS in WordPress

    Details: WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Low-privileged authenticated users (like author) in WordPress core are able to execute JavaScript/perform stored XSS attack, which can affect high-privileged users. 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.

    References: https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2022/21xxx/CVE-2022-21662.json, https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-699q-3hj9-889w, 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://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-21662, https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039, https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html

    Affected packages

    Package

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3c8a81ce485f3ed16617d99d0da9c1bedac4791c

    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
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