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CVE-2022-21663

MEDIUM
6.6CVSS
Published: 2022-01-06
Updated: 2024-11-21
AI Analysis

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector
network
Complexity
high
Privileges
high
User Action
none
Scope
unchanged
Confidentiality
high
Integrity
high
Availability
high
Weaknesses
CWE-74CWE-502

Metadata

Primary Vendor
WORDPRESS
Published
1/6/2022
Last Modified
11/21/2024
Source
NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

wordpress : wordpressdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxfedoraproject : fedorafedoraproject : fedora

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