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DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4106

DEBIAN-CVE-2008-4106 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.699999809265137 HIGH

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS 4.0
8.699999809265137
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11wordpress0, 0, 0
Debian:13wordpress0, 0, 0
Debian:12wordpress0, 0, 0
Debian:14wordpress0

Timeline

  • Sep 18, 2008 CVE Published
  • May 7, 2026 CVE Updated
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