CVE-2017-16510
CRITICAL9.8EPSS 4.2%wordpress - security update
Published: 11/2/2017Modified: 5/27/2026
Description
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.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 4.8.3+dfsg-1
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u18
- Debian/wordpressfrom 0, < 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u16
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |