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.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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Debian DSA |
DSA-1871-1 | New wordpress packages fix several vulnerabilities |
Debian DSA |
DSA-1871-2 | New wordpress packages fix regression |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T10:00:42.870Z
Reserved: 2008-09-15T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2008-4106
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Status : Modified
Published: 2008-09-18T17:59:33.017
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2008-4106
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
Debian DSA