{
    "id": "CVE-2017-14723",
    "published": "2017-09-23 20:29:00",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-17 01:06:40",
    "cvss_score": "9.8",
    "cvss_severity": "CRITICAL",
    "cvss_version": "3.0",
    "cvss_vector": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "cwe": "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.05951",
    "epss_percentile": "0.93075",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 0,
    "updated_at": "2026-10-06 18:17:15",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 3,
        "label": "In your normal cycle",
        "why": "Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "wordpress",
            "product": "wordpress"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}