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
Exploits (1)
exploitdb
WORKING POC
VERIFIED
by Trustwave's SpiderLabs · textwebappsphp
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Exploit exploit
x_refsource_exploit-db
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt
Exploit mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0670
EPSS Percentile
91.3%
Details
Status
published
Products (50)
wordpress/wordpress
0.7
wordpress/wordpress
0.71
wordpress/wordpress
0.72
wordpress/wordpress
0.711
wordpress/wordpress
1.0
wordpress/wordpress
1.0.1
wordpress/wordpress
1.0.2
wordpress/wordpress
1.2
wordpress/wordpress
1.2.1
wordpress/wordpress
1.2.2
... and 40 more
Published
Jan 30, 2012
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026