CVE-2011-4957
CVE-2011-4957
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The make_clickable function in wp-includes/formatting.php in WordPress before 3.1.1 does not properly check URLs before passing them to the PCRE library, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a comment with a crafted URL that triggers many recursive calls.
EPSS 3.2% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
Original sources
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/17
- http://secunia.com/advisories/44038
- http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1/
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16892
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49138
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/6
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4957