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cveMitreCVE-2012-0937
HistoryJan 30, 2012 - 5:55 p.m.

CVE-2012-0937

2012-01-3017:55:01
mitre
web.nvd.nist.gov
53
cve-2012-0937
wordpress
mysql
brute-force attacks
denial of service
nvd

CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.008

Percentile

82.4%

wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier does not limit the number of MySQL queries sent to external MySQL database servers, which allows remote attackers to use WordPress as a proxy for brute-force attacks or denial of service attacks via the dbhost parameter, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-4898. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue because an incomplete WordPress installation might be present on the network for only a short time

Affected configurations

Nvd
Node
wordpresswordpressRange3.3.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch0.7
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch0.71
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch0.72
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch0.711
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.0
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.0.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.0.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.2.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.2.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.5
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.5.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.5.1.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.5.1.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch1.5.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.4
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.5
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.6
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.7
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.8
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.9
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.10
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.0.11
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.1.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.1.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.1.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.2.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.2.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.2.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.3.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.3.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.3.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.5
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.5.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.6
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.6.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.6.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.6.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.6.5
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.7
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.7.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.8
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.8.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.8.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.8.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.8.4
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.8.5
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.8.6
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.9
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.9.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch2.9.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.0
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.0.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.0.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.0.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.0.4
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.0.5
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.0.6
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.1.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.1.2
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.1.3
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.1.4
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.2.1
OR
wordpresswordpressMatch3.3
VendorProductVersionCPE
wordpresswordpress*cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpresswordpress0.7cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpresswordpress0.71cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpresswordpress0.72cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpresswordpress0.711cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpresswordpress1.0cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpresswordpress1.0.1cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpresswordpress1.0.2cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpresswordpress1.2cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
wordpresswordpress1.2.1cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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CVSS2

5

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

NONE

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

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

AI Score

6.6

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.008

Percentile

82.4%