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WordPress Core < 6.0.2 — Authenticated SQL Injection

0248f829-84de-40b9-bb63-354fbf06472dPublished Aug 30, 2022 · Updated Nov 13, 2026

Affected: ≤6.0.1Update to 3.7.39 or 3.8.39 or 3.9.37 or 4.0.36 or 4.1.36 or 4.2.33 or 4.3.29 or 4.4.28 or 4.5.27 or 4.6.24 or 4.7.24 or 4.8.20 or 4.9.21 or 5.0.17 or 5.1.14 or 5.2.16 or 5.3.13 or 5.4.11 or 5.5.10 or 5.6.9 or 5.7.7 or 5.8.5 or 5.9.4 or 6.0.2 or newer

Fixed versions are per release branch: update to the fix for the branch you run.

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High8.0CVSS 3.18.0CISA KEVNot listedAccessAdmin account required

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Overview

Advisory ID: 0248f829-84de-40b9-bb63-354fbf06472d
Product: WordPress wordpress
Affected: ≤6.0.1
Fixed in: 3.7.39, 3.8.39, 3.9.37, 4.0.36, 4.1.36, 4.2.33, 4.3.29, 4.4.28, 4.5.27, 4.6.24, 4.7.24, 4.8.20, 4.9.21, 5.0.17, 5.1.14, 5.2.16, 5.3.13, 5.4.11, 5.5.10, 5.6.9, 5.7.7, 5.8.5, 5.9.4, 6.0.2
Weakness: CWE-89 SQL Injection
Required access: Admin account required
Published: Aug 30, 2022 · updated Nov 13, 2026
Credit: FVD

Affected≤ 6.0.1
Patched in3.7.39 / 3.8.39 / 3.9.37 / 4.0.36 / 4.1.36 / 4.2.33 / 4.3.29 / 4.4.28 / 4.5.27 / 4.6.24 / 4.7.24 / 4.8.20 / 4.9.21 / 5.0.17 / 5.1.14 / 5.2.16 / 5.3.13 / 5.4.11 / 5.5.10 / 5.6.9 / 5.7.7 / 5.8.5 / 5.9.4 / 6.0.2

8.0

CVSS 3.1 · CNA (Wordfence)

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

What does this vector mean?

AV:N Attack vector: Network
AC:H Attack complexity: High
PR:H Privileges required: High
UI:N User interaction: None
S:C Scope: Changed
C:H Confidentiality: High
I:H Integrity: High
A:H Availability: High

WordPress Core, in versions up to 6.0.2, is vulnerable to SQL Injection that can be exploited by authenticated users via the LIMIT parameter passed through the get_bookmarks function. This can be exploited on default WordPress installations by users with high-level privileges, such as an editor or administrator, and it may be possible for this to be exploited by lower-privileged users if a plugin/theme passes an unescaped user supplied LIMIT value from those level users to the get_bookmarks function.

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Remediation & mitigations

Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 3.7.39, 3.8.39, 3.9.37, 4.0.36, 4.1.36, 4.2.33, 4.3.29, 4.4.28, 4.5.27, 4.6.24, 4.7.24, 4.8.20, 4.9.21, 5.0.17, 5.1.14, 5.2.16, 5.3.13, 5.4.11, 5.5.10, 5.6.9, 5.7.7, 5.8.5, 5.9.4, 6.0.2
Rotate administrator passwords and application secrets if the site ran a vulnerable version while publicly reachable.

References & provenance

Proof-of-concept & detection

No public proof-of-concept or detection template is known for this vulnerability.

Advisories & patches

Advisorywordfence.com

Timeline

Aug 30, 2022
CVE published
Severity high, CVSS 8.0
Nov 13, 2026
Record last updated

Sources & licenses

Vulnerability data: Wordfence Intelligence. Copyright 2012-2026 Defiant Inc. Licensed under the CC BY-SA 4.0.
CVSS / CWE: National Vulnerability Database (NVD), shown unmodified. This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.

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