CVE-2008-4106

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.1
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 11.93% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/31737 third party advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421 exploit
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2 mailing list
http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553 vdb entry
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397 exploit
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6 mailing list
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272 third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31870 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869 vdb entry
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html vendor advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html vendor advisory
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-4106?
CVE-2008-4106 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-4106?
To fix CVE-2008-4106, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-4106 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-4106 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~12% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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