CVE-2008-4106

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Summary

CVECVE-2008-4106
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2008-09-18 17:59:33 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionWordPress 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.71-gold All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0-platinum All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1-miles All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2-blakey All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2-delta All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2-mingus All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5-strayhorn All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.11 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.9 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.5.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 9 Update: wordpress-2.6.2-1.fc9 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
WordPress Insecure Password Generation Vulnerability - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sektioneins.de
News – WordPress 2.6.2 – WordPress.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wordpress.org Patch
SecurityReason - Wordpress user_login Column SQL Truncation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Suspekt… » Blog Archive » MySQL and SQL Column Truncation Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.suspekt.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - WordPress SQL Truncation and Password Generation Flaw Lets Remote Users Determine the Administrator's Password af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
oss-security - CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
'Re: [oss-security] CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Wordpress 2.6.1 (SQL Column Truncation) Admin Takeover Exploit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Wordpress 2.6.1 SQL Column Truncation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com
Fedora update for wordpress - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Intelligence - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1871-1 wordpress af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
WordPress Lost Password SQL Column Truncation Unauthorized Access Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 8 Update: wordpress-2.6.2-1.fc8 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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