CVE-2008-4106: Input Validation
First published: Thu Sep 18 2008(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress | <=2.6.1 | |
| WordPress | =0.71-gold | |
| WordPress | =1.0-platinum | |
| WordPress | =1.0.1-miles | |
| WordPress | =1.0.2-blakey | |
| WordPress | =1.2-delta | |
| WordPress | =1.2-mingus | |
| WordPress | =1.2.1 | |
| WordPress | =1.2.2 | |
| WordPress | =1.5-strayhorn | |
| WordPress | =1.5.1.1 | |
| WordPress | =1.5.1.2 | |
| WordPress | =1.5.1.3 | |
| WordPress | =1.5.2 | |
| WordPress | =2.0 | |
| WordPress | =2.0.1 | |
| WordPress | =2.0.4 | |
| WordPress | =2.0.5 | |
| WordPress | =2.0.6 | |
| WordPress | =2.0.7 | |
| WordPress | =2.0.9 | |
| WordPress | =2.0.10 | |
| WordPress | =2.0.11 | |
| WordPress | =2.1 | |
| WordPress | =2.1.1 | |
| WordPress | =2.1.2 | |
| WordPress | =2.1.3 | |
| WordPress | =2.2 | |
| WordPress | =2.2.1 | |
| WordPress | =2.2.2 | |
| WordPress | =2.2.3 | |
| WordPress | =2.5 | |
| WordPress | =2.5.1 | |
| WordPress | =2.6 |
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Reference Links
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html
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