SQL injection in WordPress - CVE-2017-16510

 

SQL injection in WordPress - CVE-2017-16510

Published: October 31, 2017 / Updated: October 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU9018
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-16510
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in application's database.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in $wpdb->prepare() that can lead to SQL injection attacks exploited via third-party software. Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow an attacker to execute arbitrary SQL commands in web application database.

Affected software

WordPress
wordpress (Debian package)

How to mitigate CVE-2017-16510

Update to version 4.8.3.

WordPress - update to 4.8.3
wordpress (Debian package) - addressed in versions 4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u16, 4.7.5+dfsg-2+deb9u2

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