CVE-2008-4106
EPSS 14.6%
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.
How to fix CVE-2008-4106
To remediate CVE-2008-4106, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/wordpress—upgrade to 2.5.1-8 or later
Is CVE-2008-4106 being exploited?
Moderate — EPSS is 14.6%. Track this CVE but it's not at the top of the prioritisation list.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 2.5.1-8