CVE-2008-4106
Status: ModifiedMedium (5.1)—
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
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 5.1
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 5.48%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 93
- Score date: 10/8/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- CWE-20
References
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- 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.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
- 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
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
- 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.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
- 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
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