CVE-2008-4106
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4106
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2008-4106.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2008-4106
- Downstream
- Published
- 2008-09-18T17:59:33Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:25Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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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.
- References
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- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html