CVE-2012-0937

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.6% 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 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

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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