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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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T03:44:06.481Z
Reserved: 2011-12-23T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2011-4957

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2012-06-27T21:55:02.360
Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Link: CVE-2011-4957

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