CVE-2008-4106

CVSS V2 Medium 5.1 CVSS V3 None
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2008-4106
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 2008-09-18T17:59:33
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-11T20:50:50
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 2.6.1
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71-gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0-platinum:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1-miles:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2-blakey:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-delta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-mingus:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5-strayhorn:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5.1
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
http://secunia.com/advisories/31870 Vendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html
http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ Patch
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4106
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-4106
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:27:54 Added to TrackCVE