CVE-2011-4898

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
** DISPUTED ** wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier generates different error messages for requests lacking a dbname parameter depending on whether the MySQL credentials are valid, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via a series of requests with different uname and pwd parameters. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue; also, it is unclear whether providing intentionally vague error messages during installation would be reasonable from a usability perspective.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2011-4898
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2012-01-30T17:55:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2012-01-31T05:00:00
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-200 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/200.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 3.3.1
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 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
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.html Exploit
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417 Exploit
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt Exploit
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4898
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4898
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:56:53 Added to TrackCVE