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

Link: CVE-2011-4957

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2024-11-21T01:33:21.953

Link: CVE-2011-4957

cve-icon Redhat

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