CVE-2008-4106
Medium
Description
WordPress before 2.6.2 does not properly handle MySQL warnings about insertion of username strings that exceed the maximum column width of the user_login column, and does not properly handle space characters when comparing usernames, which allows remote attackers to change an arbitrary user's password to a random value by registering a similar username and then requesting a password reset, related to a "SQL column truncation vulnerability." NOTE: the attacker can discover the random password by also exploiting CVE-2008-4107.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.1
Exploit probability—
Product
Wordpress
PublishedSep 18, 2008
First seenSep 18, 2008
How to fix
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| wordpress wordpress | v ≤ 2.6.1, 0.71-gold, 1.0-platinum, 1.0.1-miles, 1.0.2-blakey, 1.2-delta, 1.2-mingus, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.5-strayhorn, 1.5.1.1, 1.5.1.2, 1.5.1.3, 1.5.2, 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.4, 2.0.5, 2.0.6, 2.0.7, 2.0.9, 2.0.10, 2.0.11, 2.1, 2.1.1, 2.1.2, 2.1.3, 2.2, 2.2.1, 2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6 | — |
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