PT-2008-5409 · WordPress · Wordpress

Stefan Esser · Published 2008-09-18 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-4106

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 2.6.2

Description The issue arises from improper handling of MySQL warnings when inserting username strings that exceed the maximum column width of the user login column, and from incorrect handling of space characters during username comparisons. This 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 issue.

Recommendations For WordPress versions prior to 2.6.2, update to version 2.6.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-4106

DSA-1871-1

DSA-1871-2

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 22

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6397 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6421 · Exploit
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4106 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31870 · Vendor Advisory
• http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-4106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-4106 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4106 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553 · Note
• http://suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31737 · Note