{"id":"CVE-2008-4106","details":"WordPress before 2.6.2 does not properly handle MySQL warnings about insertion of username strings that exceed the maximum column width of the user_login column, and does not properly handle space characters when comparing usernames, which allows remote attackers to change an arbitrary user's password to a random value by registering a similar username and then requesting a password reset, related to a \"SQL column truncation vulnerability.\" NOTE: the attacker can discover the random password by also exploiting CVE-2008-4107.","modified":"2026-01-27T04:09:10.501377Z","published":"2008-09-18T17:59:33Z","withdrawn":"2026-01-27T04:09:10.501377Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31737"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/31870"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1871"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.sektioneins.de/advisories/SE-2008-05.txt"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2553"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://wordpress.org/development/2008/09/wordpress-262/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/11/6"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/496287/100/0/threaded"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31068"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.suspekt.org/2008/08/18/mysql-and-sql-column-truncation-vulnerabilities/"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00607.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-September/msg00629.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}