CVE-2017-14990

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Published 2017-10-03 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

6.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.5

Description

WordPress 4.8.2 stores cleartext wp_signups.activation_key values (but stores the analogous wp_users.user_activation_key values as hashes), which might make it easier for remote attackers to hijack unactivated user accounts by leveraging database read access (such as access gained through an unspecified SQL injection vulnerability).

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

75%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`4.8.2+dfsg-2`
sid	Fixed	`4.8.2+dfsg-2`
forky	Fixed	`4.8.2+dfsg-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`4.8.2+dfsg-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`4.8.2+dfsg-2`
9.0	Affected	—
8.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
wordpress	wordpress	`4.8.2`

References

CWEs

CWE-312

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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