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nvd[email protected]NVD:CVE-2011-4898
HistoryJan 30, 2012 - 5:55 p.m.

CVE-2011-4898

2012-01-3017:55:00
CWE-200
web.nvd.nist.gov

5 Medium

CVSS2

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

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.9%

wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier generates different error messages for requests lacking a dbname parameter depending on whether the MySQL credentials are valid, which makes it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via a series of requests with different uname and pwd parameters. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue; also, it is unclear whether providing intentionally vague error messages during installation would be reasonable from a usability perspective

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

5 Medium

CVSS2

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

6.3 Medium

AI Score

Confidence

Low

0.005 Low

EPSS

Percentile

76.9%