CVE-2017-16510
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · SQL injection
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167dPatch
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3Advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/Advisory
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101638Advisory
- https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-technical.htmlAdvisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00003.html
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090