CVEvulnerability
CVE-2017-14723
9.8 CRITICAL
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2017-09-23
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-89
Description
Before version 4.8.2, WordPress mishandled % characters and additional placeholder values in $wpdb->prepare, and thus did not properly address the possibility of plugins and themes enabling SQL injection attacks.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 4.8.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command weakness
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553 www.securitytracker.com
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997 www.debian.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553 www.securitytracker.com
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496 Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997 www.debian.org