WordPress <= 5.7.4 - Plugin Confusion vulnerability - Patchstack

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WordPress <= 5.7.4 - Plugin Confusion vulnerability

wordpress

Software

WordPress

Vulnerable Versions

<= 5.7.4

Fixed in version

5.8

CVE

CVE-2021-44223

References

CVE-2021-44223
Vulnerability details
Changelog

Credits

Kamil Vavra

Classification

Other Vulnerability Type

OWASP Top 10

Disclosure Date

2021-11-25

CVSS 3.0 score

8.1

High

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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).

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