SQL injection in WordPress
CVE-2022-21661

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Wordpress
Status
WordPress-develop
Vendor
CVE Published:
6 January 2022

Badges

👾 Exploit Exists🟡 Public PoC🟣 EPSS 90%

What is 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 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.

Affected Version(s)

wordpress-develop < 5.8.3

Exploit Proof of Concept (PoC)

PoC code is written by security researchers to demonstrate the vulnerability can be exploited. PoC code is also a key component for weaponization which could lead to ransomware.

CVE-2022-21661 - Proof of Concept

CVE-2022-21661
Created by z92g

wordpress-CVE-2022-21661
Created by purple-WL

References

https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/a...
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https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17e...
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https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-securi...
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EPSS Score

90% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
None
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • 🟡

    Public PoC available

  • 👾

    Exploit known to exist

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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