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WordPress < 5.8 - Plugin Confusion vulnerability

8.1

CVSS 3.1 score High severity

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Software

WordPress

Type

WordPress Core

Vulnerable versions

< 5.8

Fixed in

5.8

PSID

14c396429b99

CVE ID

CVE-2021-44223

Classification

Other Vulnerability Type

OWASP Top 10

N/A

Required privilege

Credits

Kamil Vavra

Publicly disclosed

2021-11-25

Details

Plugin Confusion vulnerability discovered by Kamil Vavra in WordPress (versions <= 5.7.4).

Solution

Update WordPress to the latest available version (at least 5.8 or other patched version).

References

CVE-2021-44223 Vulnerability details Changelog

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