Security advisory

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  "id": "21169f968650e2cfdd5c57b83b85187888ea019b710f0e0b4aedc742630b0b3c",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14990",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-14990",
    "summary": "WordPress 4.8.2 stores cleartext wp_signups.activation_key values (but stores the analogous wp_users.user_activation_key values as hashes), which might make it easier for remote attackers to hijack unactivated user accounts by leveraging database read access (such as access gained through an unspecified SQL injection vulnerability).",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-14990",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "medium",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2017-14990",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2017-14990"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "3a101dd37d14b5e78c80ba5c67f1dafc4b07e7ee"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3a101dd37d14b5e78c80ba5c67f1dafc4b07e7ee"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.8.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.8.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.8.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14990.json"
          }
        },
        {
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop",
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                {
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                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "3bc91a0521db1bbec1413e29ce5d1ecae6ab883a"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:4.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "4.8.2"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "4.8.2"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_STRING"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "4.8.2"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2017-14990.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:30:33.174229650Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997",
        "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/38474"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "debian:debian_linux",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "8.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "introduced": "9.0"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "9.0"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-14990",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 433199,
  "published_at": "2017-10-03T01:29:03.013+00:00"
}