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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 MySQ

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.06479
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  • EPSS percentile: top 9% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
  • Public exploit or PoC is available
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Affected Products & Versions

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wordpress<= 3.3.1
wordpressall versions
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Public Exploits & PoCs

3
webappsWordPress Core 3.3.1 - Multiple Vulnerabilitiesverified
pocarchives.neohapsis.com · 0150.htmlarchives.neohapsis.com
pocwww.exploit-db.com · 18417www.exploit-db.com
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Scoring & Timeline

5
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Published to NVD30 Jan 2012 · 05:55 PM
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References & Sources

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Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt
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