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.
Published: 2022-01-06
Score: 6.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
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
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-26880 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.
History

Tue, 22 Apr 2025 19:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

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Subscriptions

Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Wordpress Wordpress
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: GitHub_M

Published:

Updated: 2025-04-22T18:33:55.718Z

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

Link: CVE-2022-21663

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-03T02:46:39.547Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2022-01-06T23:15:08.067

Modified: 2024-11-21T06:45:11.057

Link: CVE-2022-21663

cve-icon Redhat

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cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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