CVE-2022-21662

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-21662
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-01-06 23:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:43:00 UTC
DescriptionWordPress 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-79

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 9.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress: Stored XSS through authenticated users · Advisory · WordPress/wordpress-develop · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: wordpress-5.8.3-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2884-1] wordpress security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: wordpress-5.8.3-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5039-1 wordpress DEBIAN www.debian.org
News – WordPress 5.8.3 Security Release – WordPress.org MISC wordpress.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 34 Update: wordpress-5.8.3-1.fc34 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 35 Update: wordpress-5.8.3-1.fc35 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 150448 WordPress Multiple Vulnerabilities : Security Update 5.8.3 (CVE-2022-21661,CVE-2022-21662,CVE-2022-21663)
  • 178992 Debian Security Update for wordpress (DSA 5039-1)
  • 179020 Debian Security Update for wordpress (DLA 2884-1)
  • 182645 Debian Security Update for wordpress (CVE-2022-21662)
  • 282249 Fedora Security Update for wordpress (FEDORA-2022-e37e1e6c7a)
  • 282250 Fedora Security Update for wordpress (FEDORA-2022-8472dd59ff)
  • 730330 WordPress Prior to 3.7.37 and 5.8.3 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
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