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WordPress 4.1-5.8.2 - SQL Injection via WP_Meta_Query

Description

Due to lack of proper sanitization in WP_Meta_Query, there's potential for blind SQL Injection.

Affects WordPress

5.8.2
Fixed in version 5.8.3
5.8.1
Fixed in version 5.8.3
5.8
Fixed in version 5.8.3
5.7.4
Fixed in version 5.7.5
5.7.3
Fixed in version 5.7.5
5.7.2
Fixed in version 5.7.5
5.7.1
Fixed in version 5.7.5
5.7
Fixed in version 5.7.5
5.6.6
Fixed in version 5.6.7
5.6.5
Fixed in version 5.6.7

References

CVE
CVE-2022-21664
URL
https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-jp3p-gw8h-6x86

Classification

Type

SQLI

OWASP top 10
A1: Injection
CWE
CWE-89

Miscellaneous

Original Researcher

Ben Bidner

Verified

Yes

WPVDB ID
24462ac4-7959-4575-97aa-a6dcceeae722

Timeline

Publicly Published

2022-01-06 (about 7 months ago)

Added

2022-01-06 (about 7 months ago)

Last Updated

2022-04-16 (about 3 months ago)

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