CVE-2017-16510

critical

Description

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.

References

Advisories
More

https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-technical.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101638

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090

https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941

https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00003.html

https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d

https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-11-02

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04381