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Improper Input Validation Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.5.1-8

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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    EPSS
    1.32% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363345
  • published 18 Sep 2008
  • disclosed 18 Sep 2008
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Introduced: 18 Sep 2008

CVE-2008-4106 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-20 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 2.5.1-8 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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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NVD

5.6 medium