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CVE-2008-4106 Detail

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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31737 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/31870 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272 CVE, MITRE
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869 CVE, MITRE
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ CVE, MITRE Patch 
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 CVE, MITRE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068 CVE, MITRE
http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt CVE, MITRE
http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/ CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421 CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html CVE, MITRE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-4106
NVD Published Date:
09/18/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE