WordPress Core < 5.9.2 & Gutenberg < 12.7.2 - Prototype Pollution via Block Editor

Improperly Controlled Modification of Dynamically-Determined Object Attributes
CVE Not available
CVSS Medium (5.4)
Publicly Published March 11, 2022
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Researcher Researchers from Johns Hopkins University
Description

WordPress Core in various versions < 5.9.2 and Gutenberg versions less than 12.7.2 are vulnerable to prototype pollution via the block editor which could make injecting malicious web scripts possible in some cases.

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 3.7
  • 3.7 - 3.7.37
  • 3.8 - 3.8.37
  • 3.9 - 3.9.35
  • 4.0 - 4.0.34
  • 4.1 - 4.1.34
  • 4.2 - 4.2.31
  • 4.3 - 4.3.27
  • 4.4 - 4.4.26
  • 4.5 - 4.5.25
  • 4.6 - 4.6.22
  • 4.7 - 4.7.22
  • 4.8 - 4.8.18
  • 4.9 - 4.9.19
  • 5.0 - 5.0.15
  • 5.1 - 5.1.12
  • 5.2 - 5.2.14
  • 5.3 - 5.3.11
  • 5.4 - 5.4.9
  • 5.5 - 5.5.8
  • 5.6 - 5.6.7
  • 5.7 - 5.7.5
  • 5.8 - 5.8.3
  • 5.9 - 5.9.1
Patched Version
  • 3.7.38
  • 3.8.38
  • 3.9.36
  • 4.0.35
  • 4.1.35
  • 4.2.32
  • 4.3.28
  • 4.4.27
  • 4.5.26
  • 4.6.23
  • 4.7.23
  • 4.8.19
  • 4.9.20
  • 5.0.16
  • 5.1.13
  • 5.2.15
  • 5.3.12
  • 5.4.10
  • 5.5.9
  • 5.6.8
  • 5.7.6
  • 5.8.4
  • 5.9.2
Software Type Plugin
Software Slug gutenberg (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 12.7.2
Patched Version
  • 12.7.2
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