Vulnerability Details 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 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.
Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score
EPSS Score 0.119
EPSS Ranking 93.3%
CVSS Severity
CVSS v2 Score 5.1
References
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html
Products affected by CVE-2008-4106
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:-
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71-gold
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0-platinum
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1-miles
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2-blakey
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-delta
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-mingus
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5-strayhorn
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.6.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1