CVE-2017-16510 — SQL Injection in Wordpress

CWE-89 — SQL Injection4 documents4 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
4.2%
top 11.30%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressDebian Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedNov 2
Latest updateMay 14

Description

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.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 4.8.3+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 4.8.3+dfsg-1+3

Patches

Patch: github.com ↗Patch: github.com ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-4cxp-jjp3-3qpw: WordPress before 4↗2022-05-14
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OSV
CVE-2017-16510: WordPress before 4↗2017-11-02
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📋Vendor Advisories

1
Debian
CVE-2017-16510: wordpress - WordPress before 4.8.3 is affected by an issue where $wpdb->prepare() can create...↗2017
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CVE-2017-16510 — SQL Injection in Debian Wordpress | cvebase