ubuntu-cve-2017-16510
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-11-02 16:29
Modified
2025-10-24 04:46
Summary
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
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "wordpress",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-l10n",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfifteen",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentyfourteen",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "wordpress-theme-twentysixteen",
            "binary_version": "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "wordpress",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/wordpress@4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "4.3+dfsg-1",
        "4.3.1+dfsg-1",
        "4.4+dfsg-1",
        "4.4.1+dfsg-1",
        "4.4.2+dfsg-1",
        "4.4.2+dfsg-1ubuntu1"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "WordPress before 4.8.3 is affected by an issue where $wpdb-\u003eprepare() 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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16510",
  "modified": "2025-10-24T04:46:34Z",
  "published": "2017-11-02T16:29:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16510"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-technical.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16510"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2017-16510"
  ]
}



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