CVE-2017-16510

critical
Published 2017-11-02 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
9.8

Description

WordPress before 4.8.3 is affected by an issue where $wpdb->prepare() can create unexpected and unsafe queries leading to potential SQL injection (SQLi) in plugins and themes, as demonstrated by a "double prepare" approach, a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-14723.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-16510

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wpvulndb.com/vulnerabilities/8941

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://wordpress.org/news/2017/10/wordpress-4-8-3-security-release/

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/WordPress/WordPress/commit/a2693fd8602e3263b5925b9d799ddd577202167d

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://codex.wordpress.org/Version_4.8.3

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.8.3+dfsg-1
debian debianbullseyefixed4.8.3+dfsg-1
debian debianforkyfixed4.8.3+dfsg-1
debian debiansidfixed4.8.3+dfsg-1
debian debiantrixiefixed4.8.3+dfsg-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
wordpresswordpress{"endIncluding":"4.8.2"}

References

CWEs

CWE-89

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.