CVE-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…

published September 18, 2008

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.05481 · 92.7th percentile
Published
2008-09-18T17:47Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 18 SEP 17:47Z
    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…
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