{ "schema_version": "1.4.0", "id": "GHSA-mf9x-p929-vr83", "modified": "2025-04-11T03:58:51Z", "published": "2022-05-17T05:28:04Z", "aliases": [ "CVE-2011-4957" ], "details": "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.", "severity": [], "affected": [], "references": [ { "type": "ADVISORY", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-4957" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/16892" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/44038" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/49138" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://wordpress.org/news/2011/04/wordpress-3-1-1" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2470" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/17" }, { "type": "WEB", "url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/19/6" } ], "database_specific": { "cwe_ids": [ "CWE-20" ], "severity": "MODERATE", "github_reviewed": false, "github_reviewed_at": null, "nvd_published_at": "2012-06-27T21:55:00Z" } }