wordpress wordpress CVE-2022-21664 vulnerability in WordPress and Other Products
Published on January 6, 2022

SQL injection in WordPress

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WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Due to lack of proper sanitization in one of the classes, there's potential for unintended SQL queries to be executed. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.8.3. Older affected versions are also fixed via security release, that go back till 4.1.34. We strongly recommend that you keep auto-updates enabled. There are no known workarounds for this issue.

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Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2022-21664 is exploitable with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be low. considered to have a small impact on confidentiality and integrity and availability.

Attack Vector:
NETWORK
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
LOW
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
CHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
LOW
Integrity Impact:
LOW
Availability Impact:
LOW

Weakness Type

What is a SQL Injection Vulnerability?

The software constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component.

CVE-2022-21664 has been classified to as a SQL Injection vulnerability or weakness.


Products Associated with CVE-2022-21664

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WordPress
 
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Affected Versions

wordpress-develop Version >= 4.1.33, < 5.8.3 is affected by CVE-2022-21664

Exploit Probability

EPSS
1.64%
Percentile
81.74%

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.