Aggregates CVE and security vulnerability intelligence across all WordPress-related products, including CVSS, EPSS, publication dates, and vulnerability intelligence data.
Historical issues mainly involve vendor risk sql injection, vendor risk csrf, vendor risk input validation, and vendor risk open redirect and related problems; some flaws may lead to vendor impact data exposure.
| CVE | Summary | Source | Max CVSS | EPSS % | Published | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2022-21664 | WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Due to lack of proper sanitization in one of the classes, there's potential for unintended SQL queries to be executed. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.8.3. Older affected versions are also fixed via security release, that go back till 4.1.34. We strongly recommend that you keep auto-updates enabled. There are no known workarounds for this issue. | [email protected] | 7.4 | 4.01% | 2022-01-06 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2022-21663 | WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. On a multisite, users with Super Admin role can bypass explicit/additional hardening under certain conditions through object injection. 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 issue. | [email protected] | 6.6 | 3.69% | 2022-01-06 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2022-21662 | WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MariaDB database. Low-privileged authenticated users (like author) in WordPress core are able to execute JavaScript/perform stored XSS attack, which can affect high-privileged users. 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 workarou | [email protected] | 8.0 | 64.71% | 2022-01-06 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2022-21661 | 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 vul | [email protected] | 8.0 | 97.80% | 2022-01-06 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2021-44223 | WordPress before 5.8 lacks support for the Update URI plugin header. This makes it easier for remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a supply-chain attack against WordPress installations that use any plugin for which the slug satisfies the naming constraints of the WordPress.org Plugin Directory but is not yet present in that directory. | [email protected] | 8.1 | 28.98% | 2021-11-25 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2021-39203 | WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. In affected versions authenticated users who don't have permission to view private post types/data can bypass restrictions in the block editor under certain conditions. This affected WordPress 5.8 beta during the testing period. It's fixed in the final 5.8 release. | [email protected] | 6.8 | 0.91% | 2021-09-09 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2021-39202 | WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. In affected versions the widgets editor introduced in WordPress 5.8 beta 1 has improper handling of HTML input in the Custom HTML feature. This leads to stored XSS in the custom HTML widget. This has been patched in WordPress 5.8. It was only present during the testing/beta phase of WordPress 5.8. | [email protected] | 7.6 | 0.82% | 2021-09-09 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2021-39201 | WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. ### Impact The issue allows an authenticated but low-privileged user (like contributor/author) to execute XSS in the editor. This bypasses the restrictions imposed on users who do not have the permission to post `unfiltered_html`. ### Patches This has been patched in WordPress 5.8, and will be pushed to older versions via minor releases (automatic updates). It's strongly reco | [email protected] | 7.6 | 1.50% | 2021-09-09 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2021-39200 | WordPress is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP and paired with a MySQL or MariaDB database. In affected versions output data of the function wp_die() can be leaked under certain conditions, which can include data like nonces. It can then be used to perform actions on your behalf. This has been patched in WordPress 5.8.1, along with any older affected versions via minor releases. It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix. | [email protected] | 5.3 | 2.05% | 2021-09-09 | 2026-06-17 |
| CVE-2020-36326 | PHPMailer 6.1.8 through 6.4.0 allows object injection through Phar Deserialization via addAttachment with a UNC pathname. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2018-19296, but arose because 6.1.8 fixed a functionality problem in which UNC pathnames were always considered unreadable by PHPMailer, even in safe contexts. As an unintended side effect, this fix eliminated the code that blocked addAttachment exploitation. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 3.09% | 2021-04-27 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2021-29476 | Requests is a HTTP library written in PHP. Requests mishandles deserialization in FilteredIterator. The issue has been patched and users of `Requests` 1.6.0, 1.6.1 and 1.7.0 should update to version 1.8.0. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 2.14% | 2021-04-27 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2021-29450 | Wordpress is an open source CMS. One of the blocks in the WordPress editor can be exploited in a way that exposes password-protected posts and pages. This requires at least contributor privileges. This has been patched in WordPress 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via minor releases. It's strongly recommended that you keep auto-updates enabled to receive the fix. | [email protected] | 6.5 | 2.33% | 2021-04-15 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2021-29447 | Wordpress is an open source CMS. A user with the ability to upload files (like an Author) can exploit an XML parsing issue in the Media Library leading to XXE attacks. This requires WordPress installation to be using PHP 8. Access to internal files is possible in a successful XXE attack. This has been patched in WordPress version 5.7.1, along with the older affected versions via a minor release. We strongly recommend you keep auto-updates enabled. | [email protected] | 7.1 | 85.72% | 2021-04-15 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2020-28040 | WordPress before 5.5.2 allows CSRF attacks that change a theme's background image. | [email protected] | 4.3 | 1.07% | 2020-11-02 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2020-28039 | is_protected_meta in wp-includes/meta.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows arbitrary file deletion because it does not properly determine whether a meta key is considered protected. | [email protected] | 9.1 | 4.06% | 2020-11-02 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2020-28038 | WordPress before 5.5.2 allows stored XSS via post slugs. | [email protected] | 6.1 | 2.61% | 2020-11-02 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2020-28037 | is_blog_installed in wp-includes/functions.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 improperly determines whether WordPress is already installed, which might allow an attacker to perform a new installation, leading to remote code execution (as well as a denial of service for the old installation). | [email protected] | 9.8 | 7.74% | 2020-11-02 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2020-28036 | wp-includes/class-wp-xmlrpc-server.php in WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges by using XML-RPC to comment on a post. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 5.16% | 2020-11-02 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2020-28035 | WordPress before 5.5.2 allows attackers to gain privileges via XML-RPC. | [email protected] | 9.8 | 4.20% | 2020-11-02 | 2026-06-16 |
| CVE-2020-28034 | WordPress before 5.5.2 allows XSS associated with global variables. | [email protected] | 6.1 | 1.70% | 2020-11-02 | 2026-06-16 |