CVE-2017-14723

CriticalCVSS 9.8/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 9.8/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-89

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Sep 23, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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