CVE-2011-4957
N/A
Published: June 27, 2012 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:35 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
Description
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%v ≤ 3.10.711.01.0.11.0.21.1.11.21.2.11.2.21.2.31.2.41.2.51.2.5 a1.31.3.21.3.31.51.5.11.5.1.11.5.1.21.5.1.31.5.22.02.0.12.0.102.0.112.0.22.0.42.0.52.0.62.0.72.0.82.0.92.12.1.12.1.22.1.32.22.2.12.2.22.2.32.32.3.12.3.22.3.32.52.5.12.62.6.12.6.22.6.32.6.52.72.7.12.82.8.12.8.22.8.32.8.42.8.4 a2.8.52.8.5.12.8.5.22.8.62.92.9.12.9.1.12.9.23.03.0.13.0.23.0.33.0.43.0.53.0.6
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (7)
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/44038Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/49138Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/17Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/6Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-20
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