Security advisory

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  "id": "9b063e43c46116df63adfb2c4fa3ac58f9895005423872a9d4d2453b45bf2568",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14723",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2017-14723",
    "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2017-14723",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "critical",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress",
              "type": "GIT",
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                {
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                  "fixed": "70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48"
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              ],
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          }
        },
        {
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              "repo": "https://github.com/wordpress/wordpress-develop",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
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                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
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                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
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                      {
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                      }
                    ],
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                  }
                ]
              }
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          ],
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:47:29.148153874Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997",
        "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470",
        "https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496",
        "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48",
        "https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec",
        "https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/",
        "https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94",
        "https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {}
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2017-14723",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441255,
  "published_at": "2017-09-23T20:29:00.42+00:00"
}