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CVE-2011-4957
published 2012-06-27

CVE-2011-4957: The make_clickable function in wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.1.1 does not properly check URLs before passing them to the PCRE library, which…

PriorityP423medium5CVSS 2.0
AVNACLAuNCNINAP
EPSS
3.16%
86.5th percentile
The make_clickable function in wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.1.1 does not properly check URLs before passing them to the PCRE library, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a comment with a crafted URL that triggers many recursive calls.

Affected

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VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianwordpress< wordpress 3.2.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)wordpress 3.2.1+dfsg-1 (bookworm)
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CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.0MEDIUM
vendor_debian5.0MEDIUM
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