Provided are a computer program product, system, and method for extracting, validating, and correcting item attribute values in a database. Received user information indicates an incorrect database attribute value for an attribute of content in the database and a user provided attribute value for the incorrect database attribute value. A page is accessed over a network providing information on the content. A determination is made as to whether the page includes a page attribute value for the attribute of the content. A determination is made as to whether the page attribute value for the attribute of the content matches the user provided attribute value in response to determining that the page provides the page attribute value. The database is updated to use the user provided attribute value for the attribute of the content in response to determining that the page attribute value matches the user provided attribute value.