CVE-2022-21662
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-06 23:05
Modified
2024-08-03 02:46
Severity ?
8.0 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
References
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-699q-3hj9-889wThird Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/
security-advisories@github.comhttps://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-699q-3hj9-889wThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
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WordPress wordpress-develop Version: < 5.8.3
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