CVE-2022-21662
WordPress MariaDB Stored XSS Vulnerability
Description
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.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 6, 2022, 11:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 7, 2023, 3:43 a.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
6.0
Exploitability Score :
1.3
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github
CVE-2022-21662 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github.
Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2022-21662.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2022-21662 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2022-21662 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/ [No types assigned] Added Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/ Removed Reference GitHub, Inc. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/ -
Reanalysis by [email protected]
Apr. 12, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.7.0 up to (excluding) 3.7.37 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.8.3 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 5.8.3 -
Modified Analysis by [email protected]
Feb. 10, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Reference Type https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html No Types Assigned https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/ Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 23, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/01/msg00019.html [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 16, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3/ [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/ [No Types Assigned] -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 14, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-699q-3hj9-889w No Types Assigned https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-699q-3hj9-889w Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/ No Types Assigned https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/ Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039 Third Party Advisory Added CWE NIST CWE-79 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.7.0 up to (excluding) 3.7.37 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 5.0.0 up to (excluding) 5.8.3 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Jan. 11, 2022
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039 [No Types Assigned]
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2022-21662 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2022-21662
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.36 }} -0.37%
score
0.69233
percentile