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CVE-2012-0937

CVE information

Published

12 years ago

Last Modified

1 week ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

Description

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.

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
5/10
Exploit Score
10/10
Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
2.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
None

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -