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…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (8.07%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.07% probability · 94th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.htmlExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417Exploit
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.htmlExploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417Exploit
- https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.