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TI-2022-06039 Aliases CVE-2022-21661

SQL injection in WordPress

Priority HIGH 81CWE-89Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
High
Impact type
SQL injection
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
Fixed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-89.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.97795 99th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 3 exploit referencesTagged by NVD
Fix Fixed wordpress-develop (WordPress): 5.8.3

SSVC decision points

CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3

Exploitation
Poc
Automatable
No
Technical impact
Total

The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
WordPresswordpress-developbefore 5.8.35.8.3Patch availableCNA
  • wordpress-develop VendorWordPress Affected before 5.8.3 Fixed in 5.8.3 Patch available CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 6

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*3.7 to before 3.7.37; 3.8 to before 3.8.37; 3.9 to before 3.9.35; 4.0 to before 4.0.34; 4.1 to before 4.1.34; 4.2 to before 4.2.31; 4.3 to before 4.3.27; 4.4 to before 4.4.26; 4.5 to before 4.5.25; 4.6 to before 4.6.22; 4.7 to before 4.7.22; 4.8 to before 4.8.18; 4.9 to before 4.9.19; 5.0 to before 5.0.15; 5.1 to before 5.1.12; 5.2 to before 5.2.14; 5.3 to before 5.3.11; 5.4 to before 5.4.9; 5.5 to before 5.5.8; 5.6 to before 5.6.7; 5.7 to before 5.7.5; 5.8 to before 5.8.3VulnerableWordPress
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*34VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*35VulnerableFedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*9.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*10.0VulnerableDebian
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*11.0VulnerableDebian
  • cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 3.7 to before 3.7.37; 3.8 to before 3.8.37; 3.9 to before 3.9.35; 4.0 to before 4.0.34; 4.1 to before 4.1.34; 4.2 to before 4.2.31; 4.3 to before 4.3.27; 4.4 to before 4.4.26; 4.5 to before 4.5.25; 4.6 to before 4.6.22; 4.7 to before 4.7.22; 4.8 to before 4.8.18; 4.9 to before 4.9.19; 5.0 to before 5.0.15; 5.1 to before 5.1.12; 5.2 to before 5.2.14; 5.3 to before 5.3.11; 5.4 to before 5.4.9; 5.5 to before 5.5.8; 5.6 to before 5.6.7; 5.7 to before 5.7.5; 5.8 to before 5.8.3 Vulnerable ·WordPress
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 34 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 35 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 9.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 10.0 Vulnerable ·Debian
  • cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.0 Vulnerable ·Debian

Remediation

  • Fix · CNA wordpress-develop (WordPress) Fixed in 5.8.3

Fixed in the same release

Records fixed by the same vendor advisory or release, as the CNA lists them.

  • Advisory ·

    wordpress-develop — FEDORA-2022-e37e1e6c7a

    4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-06040 Stored XSS in WordPressPriority HIGH 73
    • TI-2022-06041 Authenticated Object Injection in Multisites in WordPressPriority HIGH 67
    • TI-2022-06042 SQL injection in WordPressPriority MEDIUM 44
    Show all 4 records → Advisory →
  • Advisory ·

    wordpress-develop — FEDORA-2022-8472dd59ff

    4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-06040 Stored XSS in WordPressPriority HIGH 73
    • TI-2022-06041 Authenticated Object Injection in Multisites in WordPressPriority HIGH 67
    • TI-2022-06042 SQL injection in WordPressPriority MEDIUM 44
    Show all 4 records → Advisory →
Show 1 more group
  • Advisory ·

    wordpress-develop — DSA-5039

    4 records Highest priority Priority HIGH 3 HIGH, 1 MEDIUM

    Other records, highest priority first

    • TI-2022-06040 Stored XSS in WordPressPriority HIGH 73
    • TI-2022-06041 Authenticated Object Injection in Multisites in WordPressPriority HIGH 67
    • TI-2022-06042 SQL injection in WordPressPriority MEDIUM 44
    Show all 4 records → Advisory →

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 1 product
  • Red Hat

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2022-21661

References

Exploit 3

Patch 1

Advisory 7

  • TI-2026-45010 WordPress < 7.0.2 - REST API batch-route confusion and SQL injection issue leading to Remote Code Execution KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2016-08118 The mailSend function in the isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.18 might allow… KEVCVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-83466 Predictable staging paths let attackers run code in WordPress Core KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2026-59973 An unauthenticated attacker can make `get_page_template()` page-template resolution… KEVCVSS 3.1HIGH 8.1
  • TI-2016-08129 The isMail transport in PHPMailer before 5.2.20 might allow remote attackers to pass… CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2026-42844 WordPress < 7.0.2 - Facilitated SQL Injection via author__not_in in WP_Query KEVCVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.9
See all 356 →

Sources

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