CVE-2011-4957

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Source

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4957

Import Source

https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2011-4957.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2011-4957

Published

2012-06-27T21:55:02Z

Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21Z

Downstream

DSA-2470-1

Summary

[none]

Details

The make_clickable function in wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.1.1 does not properly check URLs before passing them to the PCRE library, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a comment with a crafted URL that triggers many recursive calls.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / wordpress

Package

Name: wordpress
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.2.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / wordpress

Package

Name: wordpress
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.2.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / wordpress

Package

Name: wordpress
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/wordpress?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.2.1+dfsg-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}