VulnerabilityModified
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.
CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 5.95%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.95%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 5.95% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-89
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ecIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8eExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496Patch, Vendor Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ecIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8eExploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.