CVE-2022-21663
on github
Published
Severity
CVSS v3:
7.2 HIGH
CVSS v2:
6.5 MEDIUM
Description
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. On a multisite, users with Super Admin role can bypass explicit/additional hardening under certain conditions through object injection. 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/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-jmmq-m8p8-332h
- https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html
- https://blog.sonarsource.com/wordpress-object-injection-vulnerability/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/
Configurations
CPE23 | Version Start | Version End | Exact Version |
---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | n/a | 5.8.3 | * |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | n/a | n/a | 9.0 |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | n/a | n/a | 10.0 |
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | n/a | n/a | 11.0 |
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | n/a | n/a | 34 |
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | n/a | n/a | 35 |