CVE-2022-21661 PoC — SQL injection in WordPress

Source

https://github.com/TAPESH-TEAM/CVE-2022-21661-WordPress-Core-5.8.2-WP_Query-SQL-Injection

Associated Vulnerability

Title:SQL injection in WordPress (CVE-2022-21661)
Description: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.

Description

WordPress Core 5.8.2 - 'WP_Query' SQL Injection

Readme

# CVE-2022-21661 WordPress-Core-5.8.2-WP_Query-SQL-Injection

![alt text](https://github.com/TAPESH-TEAM/CVE-2022-21661-WordPress-Core-5.8.2-WP_Query-SQL-Injection/blob/main/photo_2022-01-14_13-44-44.jpg)

# Exploit WordPress Core 5.8.2 - 'WP_Query' SQL Injection


Description:

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.


References :

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CONFIRM:https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84
URL:https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/security/advisories/GHSA-6676-cqfm-gw84
DEBIAN:DSA-5039
URL:https://www.debian.org/security/2022/dsa-5039
FEDORA:FEDORA-2022-8472dd59ff
URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/DM6XPH3JN6V4NF4WBOJTOXZIVE6VKKE3
FEDORA:FEDORA-2022-e37e1e6c7a
URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CV4UNEC63UU5GEU47IIR4RMTZAHNEOJG/
MISC:http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165540/WordPress-Core-5.8.2-SQL-Injection.html
MISC:https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/50663
MISC:https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-020/
MISC:https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214
URL:https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-develop/commit/17efac8c8ec64555eff5cf51a3eff81e06317214
MISC:https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/
URL:https://wordpress.org/news/2022/01/wordpress-5-8-3-security-release/

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