CVE-2009-3622

Published: Oct 23, 2009Modified: Apr 23, 2026

4.3

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

Description

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in wp-trackback.php in WordPress before 2.8.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption and server hang) via a long title parameter in conjunction with a charset parameter composed of many comma-separated "UTF-8" substrings, related to the mb_convert_encoding function in PHP.

Affected (1)

Products: Wordpress: Wordpress

1 product

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Wordpress Wordpress	Up to 2.8.4

Related CWEs

References (26)

http://codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125612393329041&w=2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125614592004825&w=2

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rooibo.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/agujero-de-seguridad-en-wordpress/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263

Source: secalert@redhat.com

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/37088

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://security-sh3ll.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordpress-resource-exhaustion-denial-of.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023072

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/59077

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2986

Source: secalert@redhat.com

PatchVendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530056

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53884

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://codes.zerial.org/php/wp-trackbacks_dos.phps

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125612393329041&w=2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=125614592004825&w=2

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://rooibo.wordpress.com/2009/10/17/agujero-de-seguridad-en-wordpress/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Oct/263

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

ExploitMailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/37088

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://security-sh3ll.blogspot.com/2009/10/wordpress-resource-exhaustion-denial-of.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party Advisory

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023072

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://wordpress.org/development/2009/10/wordpress-2-8-5-hardening-release/

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://www.osvdb.org/59077

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Broken Link

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2986

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

PatchVendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530056

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Issue Tracking

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/53884

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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