CVE-2012-0937 The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package wordpress  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1910-WORDPRESS-582689
  • published30 Jan 2012
  • disclosed30 Jan 2012

Introduced: 30 Jan 2012

CVE-2012-0937  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:19.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Ubuntu.

wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier does not limit the number of MySQL queries sent to external MySQL database servers, which allows remote attackers to use WordPress as a proxy for brute-force attacks or denial of service attacks via the dbhost parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4898. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue because an incomplete WordPress installation might be present on the network for only a short time