WordPress CVEs

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.

Affected WordPress components

• WordPress core
  Confirmed match
  Up to and including 4.8.1

A confirmed match is backed by the plugin or theme slug. A possible match is based on the product name only and should be verified.

Affected products and versions

• n/a n/a — Versions not specified
• wordpress wordpress — Up to and including 4.8.1

References

• www.securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• www.securitytracker.com http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553
• core.trac.wordpress.org https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470 Patch, Vendor Advisory
• core.trac.wordpress.org https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496 Patch, Vendor Advisory
• github.com https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48 Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• github.com https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• medium.com https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 Exploit, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory
• medium.com https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e Exploit, Third Party Advisory
• wordpress.org https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ Patch, Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
• www.debian.org https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997
• nvd.nist.gov Official NVD record