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CVE-2012-0937
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
** DISPUTED ** 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 |
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
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cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
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