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CVE-2008-4106

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 colum…

Impact

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

VendorProductAffected versions
WordpressWordpress
through 2.6.1
Versions 0.71-gold, 1.0-platinum, 1.0.1-miles, 1.0.2-blakey, 1.2-delta

Weakness classification

CWE-20

References