What is CVE-2022-21661?

CVE-2022-21661 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress-develop, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-01-06.

How severe is CVE-2022-21661?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.

Is CVE-2022-21661 known to be exploited?

54 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

SQL Injection in Wordpress Wordpress-develop

CVE-2022-21661

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 us…

Vulnerability class: SQL Injection

EPSS: 0.904 (99.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Wordpress Wordpress-develop — versions < 5.8.3

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-89 — SQL Injection

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84 (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e0… (x_refsource_MISC)
wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/ (x_refsource_MISC)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/ (x_refsource_MISC)
DSA-5039 (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN)
www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663 (x_refsource_MISC)
packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html (x_refsource_MISC)
FEDORA-2022-8472dd59ff (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
FEDORA-2022-e37e1e6c7a (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA)
[debian-lts-announce] 20220123 [SECURITY] [DLA 2884-1] wordpress security update (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2022-21661?: CVE-2022-21661 is a high-severity vulnerability in Wordpress Wordpress-develop, classified under SQL Injection. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2022-01-06.
How severe is CVE-2022-21661?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.
Is CVE-2022-21661 known to be exploited?: 54 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.