CVE-2010-4257

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    CVE-2010-4257

    Published: 7 Dec 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: SQL injection vulnerability in the do_trackbacks function in wp-includes/comment.php in WordPress before 3.0.2 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary SQL commands via the Send Trackbacks field.

    References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605603, http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.0.2, http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/16625, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052879.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052892.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052917.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052932.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/42431, http://secunia.com/advisories/42753, http://secunia.com/advisories/42844, http://secunia.com/advisories/42871, http://wordpress.org/news/2010/11/wordpress-3-0-2/, http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2138, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45131, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3337, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0042, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0057, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659265, http://blog.sjinks.pro/wordpress/858-information-disclosure-via-sql-injection-attack/, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605603, http://wordpress.org/news/2010/11/wordpress-3-0-2/, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=605603, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659265, http://www.xakep.ru/magazine/xa/124/052/1.asp

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High