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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…
Medium5.1EPSS 5.5%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.5% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- 31737 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 6421 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2553 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 6397 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- DSA-1871 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 4272 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 31068 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 31870 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080911 Advisory 05/2008: Wordpress user_login Column SQL Truncation Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1020869 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-7902 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- FEDORA-2008-7760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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