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CVE-2011-4898: wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier generates different error messages for requests lacking a dbname parameter depending on whether the MySQL credent

medium Affects WordPress core. Feed 2026.10.29.1, updated 2026-10-28; published ; advisory modified .

wp-admin/setup-config.php in the installation component in WordPress 3.3.1 and earlier generates different error messages for requests lacking a dbname parameter depending on whether the MySQL credent

Package
WordPress core WordPress
Affected versions
<=3.3.1 or =0.7 or =0.71 or =0.72 or =0.711 or =1.0 or =1.0.1 or =1.0.2 or =1.2 or =1.2.1 or =1.2.2 or =1.5 or =1.5.1 or =1.5.1.2 or =1.5.1.3 or =1.5.2 or =2.0 or =2.0.1 or =2.0.2 or =2.0.3 or =2.0.4 or =2.0.5 or =2.0.6 or =2.0.7 or =2.0.8 or =2.0.9 or =2.0.10 or =2.0.11 or =2.1 or =2.1.1 or =2.1.2 or =2.1.3 or =2.2 or =2.2.1 or =2.2.2 or =2.2.3 or =2.3 or =2.3.1 or =2.3.2 or =2.3.3 or =2.5 or =2.5.1 or =2.6 or =2.6.1 or =2.6.2 or =2.6.3 or =2.6.5 or =2.7 or =2.7.1 or =2.8 or =2.8.1 or =2.8.2 or =2.8.3 or =2.8.4 or =2.8.5 or =2.8.6 or =2.9 or =2.9.1 or =2.9.2 or =3.0 or =3.0.1 or =3.0.2 or =3.0.3 or =3.0.4 or =3.0.5 or =3.0.6 or =3.1 or =3.1.1 or =3.1.2 or =3.1.3 or =3.1.4 or =3.2.1 or =3.3
Fixed in
no fix recorded
Severity
medium  CVSS 5.0
Exploitation
not on CISA KEV · EPSS 9% (95.3th percentile)
Published
2012-01-30
Source
nvd

References

CWE-200
NVD recordWordPress core advisories

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