Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2022-21662

Disclosure Date: January 06, 2022 •
CVE-2022-21662 CVSS v3 Base Score: 5.4
Exploited in the Wild
Reported by gwillcox-r7
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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.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
5.4 Medium
Impact Score:
2.7
Exploitability Score:
2.3
Vector:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
Low
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Changed
Confidentiality (C):
Low
Integrity (I):
Low
Availability (A):
None

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
wordpress-develop < 5.8.3
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • debian,
  • wordpress

Products

  • debian linux 10.0,
  • debian linux 11.0,
  • debian linux 9.0,
  • wordpress

Exploited in the Wild

Reported by:
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