Vulnerability Details : CVE-2022-21663

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 23:15:08
Updated 2023-06-27 19:03:59
Source GitHub, Inc.
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Products affected by CVE-2022-21663

Threat overview for CVE-2022-21663

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Top open port discovered on systems with this issue 80
IPs affected by CVE-2022-21663 15
Threat actors abusing to this issue? Yes
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2022-21663

EPSS FAQ
0.43%
Probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days EPSS Score History
~ 74 %
Percentile, the proportion of vulnerabilities that are scored at or less

CVSS scores for CVE-2022-21663

Base Score Base Severity CVSS Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Score Source First Seen
6.5
 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P
8.0
6.4
 NIST
7.2
 HIGH CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
1.2
5.9
 NIST
6.6
 MEDIUM CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
0.7
5.9
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CWE ids for CVE-2022-21663

References for CVE-2022-21663

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