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 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.

🔗 References (34)

• cve@mitrehttp://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31737
• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/31870
• cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272
• cve@mitrehttp://securitytracker.com/id?1020869
• cve@mitrehttp://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/
• cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871
• cve@mitrehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068
• cve@mitrehttp://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
• cve@mitrehttp://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/
• cve@mitrehttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553
• cve@mitrehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397
• cve@mitrehttps://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421