CVE-2017-16510

moderate-risk
Published 2017-11-02

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.

Do I need to act?

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4.2% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Fix available
Upgrade to: a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d
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CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Wordpress

References (16)

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101638
Issue Tracking https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-techn...
Issue Tracking https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3
Issue Tracking https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd5772...
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00003.html
Issue Tracking https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/
Issue Tracking https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101638
Issue Tracking https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-techn...
Issue Tracking https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3
Issue Tracking https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd5772...
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00003.html
Issue Tracking https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/
Issue Tracking https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090
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moderate-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 7/34 · Low
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal