CVE-2022-21661

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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.

CVSS 8.0 (HIGH)

Attention and evidence

HYPE SCORE

0.0/10

REALITY · THREAT PRIORITY

5.6/10

General review priority; not probability

Evidence confidence: PoC published; attacks unconfirmed

Why this priority?

Technical severity: CVSS 8: +2.80
Fresh EPSS: 97.80%: +2.44
Published PoC; attacks unconfirmed: +0.40

General review priority, not probability, victim count or asset-specific risk. A range covers missing CVSS/EPSS inputs within the current evidence state.

Based on public data to date.

Hype components

Headline sample (25%)

0/100

Press, 30 days (60%)

0/100

Grounded branding (15%)

0/100

HYPE TOTAL0/100

Sources and documents

No source documents yet.

Score evolution

● Hype ● Reality

Earlier evidence-support scores are retained in history; this chart shows only the current priority definition.

First record: hype 0.0 · reality 5.6 (2026-11-02 15:13). The curve appears once the score changes.

Public exploit evidence

Public exploit entries / repo candidates

Source entries and unverified repository candidates are counted separately.

Public exploit evidence

exploitdb #50663 2022-01-13

Evidence context and dated references

Reality is general threat/review priority, combining observed exploitation, CVSS severity and fresh EPSS. Evidence confidence is separate. This is not calibrated risk, a victim count or an asset-specific assessment. A range reflects missing numeric inputs.

Evidence in context

Confidence in exploitation evidence: PoC published; attacks unconfirmed
Priority basis: Exploitation in attacks unconfirmed; CVSS 8; EPSS 97.8%
Attention, last 30 days: 0 distinct story titles; 0 press documents; 0 publisher domains.
Technical potential: network access, high privileges, no user interaction, additional attack conditions.
Observed activity: Public PoC evidence is present.
Known scale: Not quantified.
Evidence confidence basis: Published PoC artifact; functionality unverified

Score evaluated: 2026-11-05 13:58:35.128013+00:00 · EPSS snapshot: 2026-11-05T12:03:04Z

Source event timeline

Published

06 Jan 2022, 22:50

Score calculated

05 Nov 2026, 13:58

PoCs on GitHub

1 repositories