CVE-2011-4899
Status: ModifiedHigh (7.5)—💥 Exploit
wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier does not ensure that the specified MySQL database service is appropriate, which allows remote attackers to configure an arbitrary database via the dbhost and dbname parameters, and subsequently conduct static code injection and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via (1) an HTTP request or (2) a MySQL query. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue; however, remote code execution makes the issue important in many realistic environments
CVSS
- Version: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Base score: 7.5
Exploitation probability (EPSS)
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 9.02%
- Percentile among all scored CVEs: 95
- 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).
💥 Public exploits
Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.
- Published on Exploit-DB · WordPress Core 3.3.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilities (1/25/2012)
Affected technologies (1)
CWEs
- NVD-CWE-noinfo
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.html
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt
Raw JSON (NVD)
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