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CVE-2012-0937

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

Published

2012-01-30T17:55:01.330

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: NONE
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: PARTIAL
Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-noinfo
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application wordpress wordpress ≤ 3.3.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.7 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.71 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.72 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 0.711 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.0 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.0.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.0.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.2.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5.1.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 1.5.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.4 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.5 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.6 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.7 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.8 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.9 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.10 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.0.11 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.1.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.2.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.3.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.5 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.5.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.6 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.6.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.6.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.6.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.6.5 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.7 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.7.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.8 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.8.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.8.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.8.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.8.4 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.8.5 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.8.6 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.9 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.9.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 2.9.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.0 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.0.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.0.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.0.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.0.4 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.0.5 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.0.6 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.1.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.1.2 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.1.3 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.1.4 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.2.1 Yes
Application wordpress wordpress 3.3 Yes
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