VDB
CVE-2017-14723
CVE-2017-14723
PUBLISHED
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.
EPSS 10.43% · 93.4th percentile
Risk Scores
EPSS Score
10.43%
93.4th percentile
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu:16.04:LTS | wordpress | *, 0, 4.3.1+dfsg-1 |
Exploit Intelligence
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 (nist-nvd)
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e (nist-nvd)
- DSA-3997 (circl)
- 100912 (circl)
- 1039553 (circl)
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec (circl)
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470 (circl)
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496 (circl)
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ (circl)
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48 (circl)
Timeline
- Sep 23, 2017 CVE Published
- Apr 14, 2021 EPSS Score
- Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
- Dec 17, 2024 EPSS Score
- Mar 17, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 23, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 24, 2025 EPSS Score
- Mar 30, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 5, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 13, 2025 EPSS Score
- Apr 20, 2025 CVE Updated
- May 1, 2025 EPSS Score
References
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-14723 third-party-advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470 third-party-advisory
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48 third-party-advisory
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec third-party-advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 third-party-advisory
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e third-party-advisory
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ third-party-advisory
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14723 third-party-advisory