{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2008-4106", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "31737", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31737" }, { "name": "6421", "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20080916 Re: CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2" }, { "name": "http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/" }, { "name": "ADV-2008-2553", "refsource": "VUPEN", "url": "http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553" }, { "name": "6397", "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB", "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397" }, { "name": "DSA-1871", "refsource": "DEBIAN", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871" }, { "name": "[oss-security] 20080911 CVE request: wordpress < 2.6.2", "refsource": "MLIST", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6" }, { "name": "http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt" }, { "name": "4272", "refsource": "SREASON", "url": "http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272" }, { "name": "31068", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068" }, { "name": "31870", "refsource": "SECUNIA", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/31870" }, { "name": "20080911 Advisory 05/2008: Wordpress user_login Column SQL Truncation Vulnerability", "refsource": "BUGTRAQ", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded" }, { "name": "1020869", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869" }, { "name": "FEDORA-2008-7902", "refsource": "FEDORA", "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html" }, { "name": "FEDORA-2008-7760", "refsource": "FEDORA", "url": "https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html" }, { "name": "http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/", "refsource": "CONFIRM", "url": "http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/" } ] } }