vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-14723): wordpress vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | Sep 23, 2017 | Jun 26, 2025 | Jul 28, 2025 |
Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 23, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025
Description
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.
Solution
no-fix-ubuntu-package
References
- CVE-2017-14723
- https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2017-14723
- URL-https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470
- URL-https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496
- URL-https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48
- URL-https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec
- URL-https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94
- URL-https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e
- URL-https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- URL-https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14723
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