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CVE-2011-4898

CVE-2011-4898

23Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.

ssvc Attendepss 9.6%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDJan 30
1st PoCJan 25
exploitation probability
9.6%top 5% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
2 public exploit(s)
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 products
n/a · n/a
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