CVE-2017-16510
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16510
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-16510.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2017-16510
- Downstream
- Published
- 2017-11-02T16:29:00.787Z
- Modified
- 2026-07-08T15:10:43.773301Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- 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.
- References
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- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00003.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101638
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4090
- https://blog.ircmaxell.com/2017/10/disclosure-wordpress-wpdb-sql-injection-technical.html
- https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/
- https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d
Affected packages
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress
- Events
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Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affectedFixed
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.8.2" } ], "source": [ "CPE_RANGE", "REFERENCES" ] }
Git / github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
Affected ranges
- Type
- GIT
- Repo
- https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop
- Events
-
Introduced0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affectedLast affected
- Database specific
{ "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "extracted_events": [ { "introduced": "0" }, { "last_affected": "4.8.2" } ], "source": "CPE_RANGE" }