WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Due to lack of proper sanitization in one of the classes, there's potential for unintended SQL queries to be executed. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.8.3. Older affected versions are also fixed via security release, that go back till 4.1.34. We strongly recommend that you keep auto-updates enabled. There are no known workarounds for this issue.
CVE-2022-21664 is a high severity with CVSS 7.4 SQL Injection issue affecting the Core WordPress. It affects 4.1 up to before 4.1.34 and is fixed in 4.1.34.
CVE-2022-21664 is tracked for the Core WordPress as high severity with CVSS 7.4. The affected range is 4.1 up to before 4.1.34. Update WordPress to 4.1.34 or newer where that version is compatible with the site.
| Software Type | Core |
|---|---|
| Software Slug |
wordpress
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| CVE | CVE-2022-21664 |
| Patched Versions |
4.1.34
4.2.31
4.3.27
4.4.26
4.5.25
4.6.22
4.7.22
4.8.18
4.9.19
5.0.15
5.1.12
5.2.14
5.3.11
5.4.9
5.5.8
5.6.7
5.7.5
5.8.3
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| Affected Versions |
4.1 up to before 4.1.34
4.2 up to before 4.2.31
4.3 up to before 4.3.27
4.4 up to before 4.4.26
4.5 up to before 4.5.25
4.6 up to before 4.6.22
4.7 up to before 4.7.22
4.8 up to before 4.8.18
4.9 up to before 4.9.19
5.0 up to before 5.0.15
5.1 up to before 5.1.12
5.2 up to before 5.2.14
5.3 up to before 5.3.11
5.4 up to before 5.4.9
5.5 up to before 5.5.8
5.6 up to before 5.6.7
5.7 up to before 5.7.5
5.8 up to before 5.8.3
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