CVE-2011-4899

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 9.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-01-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier does not ensure that the specified MySQL database service is appropriate, which allows remote attackers to configure an arbitrary database via the dbhost and dbname parameters, and subsequently conduct static code injection and cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via (1) an HTTP request or (2) a MySQL query. NOTE: the vendor disputes the significance of this issue; however, remote code execution makes the issue important in many realistic environments

Affected products

WordPress: through 3.3.1; 0.7, 0.71, 0.72, 0.711, 1.0, 1.0.1 (+66)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-01/0150.html
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/18417
https://www.trustwave.com/spiderlabs/advisories/TWSL2012-002.txt

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