UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16510

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16510

    Published: 2 Nov 2017Last Modified: 24 Oct 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16510

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16510, https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941, https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d, https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-technical.html, https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3, https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16510

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: wordpress

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    4.3+dfsg-1

    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
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