CVE-2017-14723

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-14723
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-23 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-10 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionBefore 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-89

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
WordPress Prior to 4.8.2 Multiple Input Validation Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Database: Hardening for `wpdb::prepare()` · WordPress/WordPress@70b2127 · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Database: Hardening to bring `wpdb::prepare()` inline with documentat… · WordPress/WordPress@fc930d3 · GitHub MISC github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3997-1 wordpress DEBIAN www.debian.org
WordPress Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Conduct Cross-Site Scripting, SQL Injection, and Open Redirect Attacks - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
Wordpress SQLi – websec – Medium MISC medium.com Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
Changeset 41470 – WordPress Trac MISC core.trac.wordpress.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Wordpress SQLi — PoC - websec - Medium MISC medium.com Exploit, Third Party Advisory
WordPress 4.8.2 Security and Maintenance Release MISC wordpress.org Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
Changeset 41496 – WordPress Trac MISC core.trac.wordpress.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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