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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:Sep 23, 2017
    Last Modified:Apr 20, 2025
    EPS:Sep 23, 2017
    EPSS Score:0.06526
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Wordpress
    Product
    Wordpress

    Exploits

    https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8ehttps://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e

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    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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High