Unscored severity · published Sep 18, 2008
CVE-2008-4106
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…
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CVSS
5.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.5% · higher than 93% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
through 2.6.1; 0.71-gold; 1.0-platinum; 1.0.1-miles; 1.0.2-blakey; 1.2-delta; +28 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4106
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4106
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
securityreason.com
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272
securitytracker.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
Patch
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
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