CVE-2022-21661
Publication date 6 January 2022
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
---|---|---|
wordpress | 24.10 oracular |
Not affected
|
24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Needs evaluation
|
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Needs evaluation
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Needs evaluation
|
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14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored end of standard support |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 7.5 · High |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | None |
Availability impact | None |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
References
Other references
- https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84
- https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214
- https://hackerone.com/reports/1378209
- https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-21661