CVE-2017-14723
N/A
Published: September 23, 2017 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:06 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%v ≤ 4.8.1
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- 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
References (10)
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470x_refsource_MISCPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48x_refsource_MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ecx_refsource_MISCExploitMitigationThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8eQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-89
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