Critical severity · published Sep 23, 2017
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…
9.8
CVSS
6.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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 vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)6.5% · higher than 94% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 4.8.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14723
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14723
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
Patch
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470
Patch
https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec
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