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CVE-2017-16510

WordPress before 4.8.3 is affected by an issue where $wpdb->prepare() can create unexpected and unsafe queries leading to potential SQL injection (SQLi) in plugins and themes, as demonstrated by a "double prepare" approach, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14723.

Published

2017-11-02T16:29:00.787

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	≤ 4.8.2	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101638 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-technical.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00003.html ([email protected])
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/ Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101638 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-technical.html Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d Issue Tracking, Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00003.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/ Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941 Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)