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CVE-2011-4899

CVE-2011-4899 PUBLISHED CVSS 7.5 HIGH

** DISPUTED ** 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.

EPSS 5.53% · 90.4th percentile

Risk Scores

CVSS 2.0
7.5
EPSS Score
5.53%
90.4th percentile

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
wordpresswordpress2.7, 0, 0.71
n/an/an/a

Timeline

  • Jan 25, 2012 PoC Published
  • Jan 30, 2012 CVE Published
  • Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
  • Mar 29, 2022 EPSS Score
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  • Dec 18, 2022 EPSS Score
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