CVE-2017-16510 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
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
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-11-02T16:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T20:27:03.287Z

Reserved: 2017-11-02T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-16510

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-11-02T16:29:00.787

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-16510

Redhat

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