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.
Metrics
CVSS Version: 3.1 |
Base Score: 8 HIGH Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
l➤ Exploitability Metrics: Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH Privileges Required (PR)* HIGH User Interaction (UI)* NONE Scope (S)* CHANGED
l➤ Impact Metrics: Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH Availability Impact (A)* HIGH
Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
CWE-ID: CWE-89 CWE Name: CWE-89: Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command (
SQL Injection
) Source: WordPress
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)