CVE-2022-21661

Summary

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 Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-89: CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84
• https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214
• https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html
• 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/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html
• https://www.vicarius.io/vsociety/posts/understanding-the-wordpress-sql-injection-vulnerability-cve-2022-21661

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: poc
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

References

• https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84
• https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214
• https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/
• https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html
• 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/
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html

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