CVE-2022-21662

Summary

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Low-privileged authenticated users (like author) in WordPress core are able to execute JavaScript/perform stored XSS attack, which can affect high-privileged users. 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.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• CWE-79: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/
• https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-699q-3hj9-889w
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039
• 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

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: total

References

• https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/
• https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-699q-3hj9-889w
• https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039
• 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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