CVE-2022-21663
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2022-01-06 23:00
Modified
2024-08-03 02:46
Severity ?
6.6 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/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. 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
security-advisories@github.comhttps://blog.sonarsource.com/wordpress-object-injection-vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
security-advisories@github.comhttps://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-jmmq-m8p8-332hThird 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://blog.sonarsource.com/wordpress-object-injection-vulnerability/Exploit, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-jmmq-m8p8-332hThird 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
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