CVE-2022-21662 Vulnerability Details

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CVE-2022-21662 Metadata Quick Info

CVE Published: 06/01/2022 | CVE Updated: 03/08/2024 | CVE Year: 2022
Source: GitHub_M | Vendor: WordPress | Product: wordpress-develop
Status : PUBLISHED

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CVE-2022-21662 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.

Metrics

CVSS Version: 3.1 | Base Score: 8 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

l➤ Exploitability Metrics:
    Attack Vector (AV)* NETWORK
    Attack Complexity (AC)* HIGH
    Privileges Required (PR)* LOW
    User Interaction (UI)* REQUIRED
    Scope (S)* CHANGED

l➤ Impact Metrics:
    Confidentiality Impact (C)* HIGH
    Integrity Impact (I)* HIGH
    Availability Impact (A)* HIGH

Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

CWE-ID: CWE-79
CWE Name: CWE-79: Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ( Cross-site Scripting )
Source: WordPress

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Source: NVD (National Vulnerability Database).