Description
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Due to improper sanitization in WP_Query, there can be cases where SQL injection is possible through plugins or themes that use it in a certain way. 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 vulnerability.
Published: 2022-01-06
Score: 8 High
EPSS: 90.9% High
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-2884-1 wordpress security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-5039-1 wordpress security update
History

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 22:15:00 +0000

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{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'poc', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-09T14:13:15.875Z

Reserved: 2021-11-16T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2022-21661

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-19T07:48:16.240Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2022-01-06T23:15:07.933

Modified: 2025-08-19T16:35:50.347

Link: CVE-2022-21661

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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