Description

WordPress is prone to multiple vulnerabilities, including cross-site scripting and SQL injection vulnerabilities. Exploiting these issues could allow an attacker to execute arbitrary script code in the browser of an unsuspecting user in the context of the affected site, allowing the attacker to steal cookie-based authentication credentials, or to compromise the application, access or modify data or exploit vulnerabilities in the underlying database. WordPress versions 5.8.x ranging from 5.8 and up to (and including) 5.8.4 are vulnerable.

Remediation

Update to WordPress version 5.8.5 or latest

References

https://www.wordfence.com/blog/2022/08/wordpress-core-6-0-2-security-maintenance-release-what-you-need-to-know/

https://wordpress.org/news/2022/08/wordpress-6-0-2-security-and-maintenance-release/

Related Vulnerabilities

Atlassian Jira Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting') Vulnerability (CVE-2020-4025)

MySQL Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor Vulnerability (CVE-2017-10379)

WordPress Plugin Ecommerce-Two Factor Authentication Cross-Site Scripting (1.0.4)

WordPress Plugin 10Web Social Post Feed Unspecified Vulnerability (1.1.26)

Oracle Database Server CVE-2009-1021 Vulnerability (CVE-2009-1021)

Severity

High

Classification

CWE-79 CWE-89 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

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