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CVE-2017-14723

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.

Published

2017-09-23T20:29:00.420

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-89

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 4.8.1	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553 ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)