{"cve":"CVE-2008-4106","nvd":{"published":"2008-09-18T17:59:33.017","modified":"2026-06-16T22:57:11.460","status":"Modified","description":"WordPress before 2.6.2 does not properly handle MySQL warnings about insertion of username strings that exceed the maximum column width of the user_login column, and does not properly handle space characters when comparing usernames, which allows remote attackers to change an arbitrary user's password to a random value by registering a similar username and then requesting a password reset, related to a \"SQL column truncation vulnerability.\" NOTE: the attacker can discover the random password by also exploiting CVE-2008-4107.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=122152830017099&w=2","http://secunia.com/advisories/31737","http://secunia.com/advisories/31870","http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4272","http://securitytracker.com/id?1020869"],"products":["wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:52:44.811608366+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-4106","score":0.05481,"percentile":0.92767,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}