CVE-2008-4106
published 2008-09-18CVE-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…
PriorityP335medium5.1CVSS 2.0
AVNACHAuNCPIPAP
EPSS
5.48%
91.9th percentile
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.
Affected
39 ranges· showing 25
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| debian | wordpress | < wordpress 2.5.1-8 (bookworm) | wordpress 2.5.1-8 (bookworm) |
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CVSS provenance
nvdv2.05.1MEDIUMAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
osv5.1MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.1MEDIUM
vendor_redhat5.1MEDIUM
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Red Hat
wordpress: sql column truncation flaw
vendor_redhat·2008-09-11·CVSS 5.1
CVE-2008-4106 [MEDIUM] wordpress: sql column truncation flaw
wordpress: sql column truncation flaw
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.
Debian
CVE-2008-4106: wordpress - WordPress before 2.6.2 does not properly handle MySQL warnings about insertion o...
vendor_debian·2008·CVSS 5.1
CVE-2008-4106 [MEDIUM] CVE-2008-4106: wordpress - WordPress before 2.6.2 does not properly handle MySQL warnings about insertion o...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-8)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-8)
forky: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-8)
sid: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-8)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 2.5.1-8)
GHSA
GHSA-gg7f-mrmc-j93p: WordPress before 2
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-02·CVSS 5.1
CVE-2008-4106 [MEDIUM] CWE-20 GHSA-gg7f-mrmc-j93p: WordPress before 2
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.
OSV
CVE-2008-4106: WordPress before 2
osv·2008-09-18·CVSS 5.1
CVE-2008-4106 [MEDIUM] CVE-2008-4106: WordPress before 2
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
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2008-09-18
Published