CVE-2017-14723

Before 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.

• CWE-89

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ecIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8eExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496Patch, Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ecIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8eExploit, Third Party Advisory
• https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997

Published

Sep 23, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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