CVE-2022-21662
CVSS v3
5.4
MEDIUM
EPSS Score
64.5 %
exploit probability, as of 2026-10-19
CISA KEV
No
known exploited
Exploitation
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SSVC status
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Affected and fixed versions
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Packages
- wordpressBitnamiall versions · fixed in 5.8.3and 1 other package
Vendor advisories
- CVE-2022-21662 Red Hat Product Security
wordpress: stored XSS through authenticated users
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.
Technical details
- Published
- 2022-01-06
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