8.1

CVE-2008-4106: wordpress Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 8.1v3.1HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2008-4106
Published 18-09-2008Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2008-4106 is a high (CVSS 8.1) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 5.48% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 92.6% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded. Fixed in 2.6.2.

Overall risk
43/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.1/10
010
High · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
5.48%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits2exploit-database

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 2
DSA-1871-1DSA-1871-2

Timeline

  1. 18-09-2008
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

5.48%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

93%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 5.48% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
5.48%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

2 found
  • exploit-databasephpVerified

    WordPress Core 2.6.1 - Admin Takeover (SQL Column Truncation)

    Maturity: poc

  • exploit-databasephpVerified

    WordPress Core 2.6.1 - SQL Column Truncation

    Maturity: poc

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress2 products
  • wordpress≤ 2.6.1 (fixed in 2.6.2)
  • wordpressEOL≤ 2.6.1 | 0.71-gold | 1.0-platinum | 1.0.1-miles | 1.0.2-blakey | 1.2-delta | 1.2-mingus | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.5-strayhorn | 1.5.1.1 | 1.5.1.2 | 1.5.1.3 | 1.5.2 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.11 | 2.1 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.2 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.6
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 2.5.1-8

2 vendors · 3 products

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