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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737 ↗
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421 ↗
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2 ↗
- 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 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 ↗
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6 ↗
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt ↗
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html ↗
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ ↗