medium5.0
CVE-2011-4957
The make_clickable function in wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.1.1 does not properly check URLs before passing them to the PCRE library, which…
Impact
The make_clickable function in wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.1.1 does not properly check URLs before passing them to the PCRE library, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a comment with a crafted URL that triggers many recursive calls.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Wordpress | Wordpress | through 3.1 Versions 0.71, 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.1 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49138
- http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/17
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/6
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44038
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49138
- http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/17
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/6