CVE-2022-21663

Description

WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. On a multisite, users with Super Admin role can bypass explicit/additional hardening under certain conditions through object injection. 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.

CVSS Version 3.1

nvd

CVE ID: CVE-2022-21663
Base Score: 7.2
Base Severity: HIGH
Vector String:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 1.2

github

CVE ID: CVE-2022-21663
Base Score: 6.6
Base Severity: MEDIUM
Vector String:CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Impact Score: 5.9
Exploitability Score: 0.7

CVSS Version 2.0

nvd

CVE ID: CVE-2022-21663
Base Score: 6.5
Base Severity: MEDIUM
Vector String:AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Refrence: NVDMITRE