wordpress: sql column truncation flaw
Published Sep 18, 2008
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.48%
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.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.6.1
- 0.71-gold
- 1.0-platinum
- 1.0.1-miles
- 1.0.2-blakey
- 1.2-delta
- 1.2-mingus
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.5-strayhorn
- 1.5.1.1
- 1.5.1.2
- 1.5.1.3
- 1.5.2
- 2.0
- 2.0.1
- 2.0.4
- 2.0.5
- 2.0.6
- 2.0.7
- 2.0.9
- 2.0.10
- 2.0.11
- 2.1
- 2.1.1
- 2.1.2
- 2.1.3
- 2.2
- 2.2.1
- 2.2.2
- 2.2.3
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (22 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.48% (0.05481) | 92.51th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.48% (0.05481) | 91.72th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 12, 2026 | 14.59% (0.14591) | 94.64th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 12.66% (0.12658) | 94.13th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 14.59% (0.14591) | 94.62th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 12.66% (0.12658) | 94.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 14.59% (0.14591) | 94.24th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 12.64% (0.12636) | 93.78th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 14.59% (0.14591) | 94.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 12.64% (0.12636) | 93.70th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 14.59% (0.14591) | 94.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 11.93% (0.11931) | 93.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.73% (0.06732) | 85.05th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 11.93% (0.11931) | 93.11th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 10.11% (0.10105) | 91.94th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 11.93% (0.11931) | 93.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.32% (0.01318) | 86.53th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 3, 2024 | 1.32% (0.01318) | 85.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01318) | 83.85th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 84.65th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 83.10th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.41% (0.03407) | 66.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (21)
- http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31737 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31870 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/ x_refsource_MISC
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-4106 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=462770 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-4106
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-4106
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
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