WordPress Core < 4.7.2 - Authenticated SQL Injection
Strategic Overview
3.7 – 4.7.1 · 12 branchesCVE-2017-5611Vulnerability Overview
SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/class-wp-query.php in WP_Query in WordPress before 4.7.2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary SQL commands by leveraging the presence of an affected plugin or theme that mishandles a crafted post type name.
Technical Analysis
REMEDIATION: Update to one of the following versions, or a newer patched version: 3.7.18, 3.8.18, 3.9.16, 4.0.15, 4.1.15, 4.2.12, 4.3.8, 4.4.7, 4.5.6, 4.6.3, 4.7.2 --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-89 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an SQL Command ('SQL Injection')) The product constructs all or part of an SQL command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended SQL command when it is sent to a downstream component. Without sufficient removal or quoting of SQL syntax in user-controllable inputs, the generated SQL query can cause those inputs to be interpreted as SQL instead of ordinary user data.
External References
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