CVSS 3.0
9.8 criticalCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-16510
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 6.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 93% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-89
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- wordpress:wordpress
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101638
- https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-technical.html
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00003.html