CVE-2017-14723
Publication date 23 September 2017
Last updated 24 July 2024
Ubuntu priority
Cvss 3 Severity Score
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.
Status
Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
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wordpress | 24.10 oracular |
Not affected
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24.04 LTS noble |
Not affected
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22.04 LTS jammy |
Not affected
|
|
20.04 LTS focal |
Not affected
|
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18.04 LTS bionic |
Not affected
|
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16.04 LTS xenial |
Vulnerable
|
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14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 9.8 · Critical |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
References
Other references
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-14723