CVE-2017-14723
CVSS V2 High 7.5
CVSS V3 Critical 9.8
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.
Overview
- CVE ID
- CVE-2017-14723
- Assigner
- cve@mitre.org
- Vulnerability Status
- Modified
- Published Version
- 2017-09-23T20:29:00
- Last Modified Date
- 2017-11-10T02:29:18
Weakness Enumerations
CPE Configuration (Product)
| CPE | Vulnerable | Operator | Version Start | Version End |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 1 | OR | 4.8.1 |
CVSS Version 2
- Version
- 2.0
- Vector String
- AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- NETWORK
- Access Compatibility
- LOW
- Authentication
- NONE
- Confidentiality Impact
- PARTIAL
- Integrity Impact
- PARTIAL
- Availability Impact
- PARTIAL
- Base Score
- 7.5
- Severity
- HIGH
- Exploitability Score
- 10
- Impact Score
- 6.4
CVSS Version 3
- Version
- 3.0
- Vector String
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Attack Vector
- NETWORK
- Attack Compatibility
- LOW
- Privileges Required
- NONE
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality Impact
- HIGH
- Availability Impact
- HIGH
- Base Score
- 9.8
- Base Severity
- CRITICAL
- Exploitability Score
- 3.9
- Impact Score
- 5.9
References
| Reference URL | Reference Tags |
|---|---|
| https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ | Release Notes Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e | Exploit Third Party Advisory |
| https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 | Exploit Mitigation Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48 | Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912 | Third Party Advisory VDB Entry |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553 | |
| https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997 |
Sources
| Source Name | Source URL |
|---|---|
| NIST | https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14723 |
| MITRE | https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-14723 |
History
| Created | Old Value | New Value | Data Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-10 08:11:49 | Added to TrackCVE | |||
| 2022-12-02 21:20:25 | 2017-09-23T20:29Z | 2017-09-23T20:29:00 | CVE Published Date | updated |
| 2022-12-02 21:20:25 | 2017-11-10T02:29:18 | CVE Modified Date | updated | |
| 2022-12-02 21:20:25 | Modified | Vulnerability Status | updated |