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CVE-2008-4106

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-4106 is a vulnerability in WordPress versions prior to 2.6.2 that allows remote attackers to reset an arbitrary user's password to a random value. This is due to improper handling of MySQL warnings for oversized usernames and inconsistent comparison of usernames with space characters. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.1, indicating a medium severity, and allows for partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact with high access complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.71-goldCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71-gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0-platinumCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0-platinum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.1-milesCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1-miles:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0.2-blakeyCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2-blakey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0548 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-4106Important

wordpress: sql column truncation flaw

Sep 11, 2008

References

marc.info
secunia.com / advisories/31737
secunia.com / advisories/31870
Vendor Advisory
securityreason.com / securityalert/4272
securitytracker.com / id
exploit-db.com / exploits/6397
exploit-db.com / exploits/6421
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html
wordpress.org / development/2008/09/wordpress-262
Patch
debian.org / security/2009/dsa-1871
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6
securityfocus.com / archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/31068
sektioneins.de / advisories/SE-2008-05.txt
suspekt.org / 2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/2553