Vulnerabilities / CVE-2017-5611

critical

CVE-2017-5611

SQL injection vulnerability in wp-includes/class-wp-query.php in WP_Qu ...

Published Modified CWE 89
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD.

Description

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.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11wordpress4.7.2+dfsg-1
debian 12wordpress4.7.2+dfsg-1
debian 13wordpress4.7.2+dfsg-1
debian 14wordpress4.7.2+dfsg-1
debian 7wordpress3.6.1+dfsg-1~deb7u13
debian 8wordpress4.1+dfsg-1+deb8u12
echowordpress4.7.2+dfsg-1

References

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