CVE-2017-14723
9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.0 · EPSS 6% (pctl 93)
In your normal cycle
Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| EPSS | 5.95% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-89 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | none known |
| Published | 2017-09-23 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress |
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997
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