CVE-2017-14723

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: September 23, 2017 Modified: May 13, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory

https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Third Party Advisory

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Release Notes Vendor Advisory

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912