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 products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3997 ↗
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-poc-f1827c20bf8e ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100912 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039553 ↗
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/fc930d3daed1c3acef010d04acc2c5de93cd18ec ↗
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41470 ↗
- https://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/41496 ↗
- https://wordpress.org/news/2017/09/wordpress-4-8-2-security-and-maintenance-release/ ↗
- https://medium.com/websec/wordpress-sqli-bbb2afcc8e94 ↗
- https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/70b21279098fc973eae803693c0705a548128e48 ↗