PT-2017-14435 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2017-11-02 · Updated 2018-02-04 · CVE-2017-16510

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 4.8.3

Description The issue allows for potential SQL injection (SQLi) in plugins and themes due to the $wpdb->prepare() function creating unexpected and unsafe queries. This can be exploited using a "double prepare" approach.

Recommendations For WordPress versions prior to 4.8.3, update to version 4.8.3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the $wpdb->prepare() function in plugins and themes until the update is applied.

Fix

SQL injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-89

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-16510

DLA-1160-1

DSA-4090-1

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 26

• https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-9066 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17092 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-16510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-16510 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16510 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DSA-4090-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-4090-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/wordpress · Vendor Advisory
• https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-16510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17091 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16510 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-17093 · Security Note