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GHSA-4CXP-JJP3-3QPW

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:46 – Updated: 2025-04-20 03:48

Details

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.

Severity

9.8 (Critical)


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

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CVE-2017-16510 (GCVE-0-2017-16510)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-02 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 20:27

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

8 references

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https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a26…	x_refsource_MISC
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101638	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941	x_refsource_MISC
https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3	x_refsource_MISC
https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wor…	x_refsource_MISC
https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-…	x_refsource_MISC

Date Public

2017-11-02 00:00

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GHSA-4CXP-JJP3-3QPW

CVE-2017-16510 (GCVE-0-2017-16510)

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