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.
Published: 2012-06-27
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: 2.8% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2670-1 wordpress security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2011-4864 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T03:44:06.481Z

Reserved: 2011-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-4957

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-06-27T21:55:02.360

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-4957

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