CVEvulnerability

CVE-2011-4898

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2012-01-30 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2012-01-30
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-200

Description

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

• wordpress wordpress (<= 3.3.1) • wordpress wordpress 0.7 • wordpress wordpress 0.71 • wordpress wordpress 0.72 • wordpress wordpress 0.711 • wordpress wordpress 1.0 • wordpress wordpress 1.0.1 • wordpress wordpress 1.0.2 • wordpress wordpress 1.2 • wordpress wordpress 1.2.1 • wordpress wordpress 1.2.2 • wordpress wordpress 1.5 • wordpress wordpress 1.5.1 • wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.2 • wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.3 • wordpress wordpress 1.5.2 • wordpress wordpress 2.0 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.2 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.3 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.4 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.5 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.6 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.7 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.8 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.9 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.10 • wordpress wordpress 2.0.11 • wordpress wordpress 2.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.1.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.1.2 • wordpress wordpress 2.1.3 • wordpress wordpress 2.2 • wordpress wordpress 2.2.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.2.2 • wordpress wordpress 2.2.3 • wordpress wordpress 2.3 • wordpress wordpress 2.3.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.3.2 • wordpress wordpress 2.3.3 • wordpress wordpress 2.5 • wordpress wordpress 2.5.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.6 • wordpress wordpress 2.6.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.6.2 • wordpress wordpress 2.6.3 • wordpress wordpress 2.6.5 • wordpress wordpress 2.7 • wordpress wordpress 2.7.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.8 • wordpress wordpress 2.8.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.8.2 • wordpress wordpress 2.8.3 • wordpress wordpress 2.8.4 • wordpress wordpress 2.8.5 • wordpress wordpress 2.8.6 • wordpress wordpress 2.9 • wordpress wordpress 2.9.1 • wordpress wordpress 2.9.2 • wordpress wordpress 3.0 … and 13 more

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness

References