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CVE-2017-14723: wordpress SQL Injection

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2017-14723DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14723
Published 23-09-2017Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2017-14723 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) SQL Injection vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 6.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.7% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 3.7.22.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
6.52%
0%100%
Low · +0.57 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2reference

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DLA-1151-1DSA-3997-1

Timeline

  1. 23-09-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

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.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

6.52%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

94%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.57 pp

From 5.95% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
6.52%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (medium.com)

    Maturity: unknown

  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (medium.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress< 3.7 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 3.7, ≤ 3.7.21 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 3.8, ≤ 3.8.21 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 3.9, ≤ 3.9.19 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 4.0, ≤ 4.0.18 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 4.1, ≤ 4.1.18 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 4.2, ≤ 4.2.15 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 4.3, ≤ 4.3.11 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 4.4, ≤ 4.4.10 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 4.5, ≤ 4.5.9 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 4.6, ≤ 4.6.6 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 4.7, ≤ 4.7.5 (fixed in 3.7.22) | ≥ 4.8, ≤ 4.8.1 (fixed in 3.7.22)
  • wordpress≤ 4.8.1
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 4.8.2+dfsg-1
Ubuntu1 product
  • wordpressAll versions (No fix recorded)

3 vendors · 4 products

References

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