CVE-2011-4898

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-4898
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-01-30 17:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionwp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier generates different error messages for requests lacking a dbname parameter depending on whether the MySQL credentials are valid, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via a series of requests with different uname and pwd parameters. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue; also, it is unclear whether providing intentionally vague error messages during installation would be reasonable from a usability perspective

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.71 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.711 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.2 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 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1 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 2.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.3 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 2.0.8 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 2.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.3 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 2.6.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.7 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.7.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.8.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.9 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.9.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 2.9.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.0 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.5 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.0.6 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.1.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.1.2 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.1.3 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.1.4 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.2.1 All All All
Application Wordpress Wordpress 3.3 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
404 Not Found | Trustwave af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.trustwave.com Exploit
WordPress <= 3.3.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.exploit-db.com Exploit
NEOHAPSIS - Peace of Mind Through Integrity and Insight af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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