CVE-2011-4957: Input Validation

First published: Wed Jun 27 2012(Updated: )

The make_clickable function in wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.1.1 does not properly check URLs before passing them to the PCRE library, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a comment with a crafted URL that triggers many recursive calls.

Credit: secalert@redhat.com

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