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critical 9.8

CVE-2017-14723 in the critical feed json

Before version 4.8.2, WordPress mishandled % characters and additional placeholder values in $wpdb->prepare, and thus did not properly addr…

published 2017-09-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2017-6220

cvss
9.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.5%
EPSS 6.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 4.8.2+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2017-14723

Exploit prediction

6.52% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • medium.com https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • medium.com https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 9.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-89 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command
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References

Sources

Fencer Intel keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.