Unauthorized Access

WordPress is vulnerable to unauthorized access. The attack is possible because the library uses the SERVERNAME variable to get the hostname of the server for PHP mail functions, allowing an attacker to modify the hostname of his choice and trigger a password reset function. However, the attack ca...

CVE-2017-8295

WordPress through 4.7.4 relies on the Host HTTP header for a password-reset e-mail message, which makes it easier for remote attackers to reset arbitrary passwords by making a crafted wp-login.php?action=lostpassword request and then arranging for this message to bounce or be resent, leading to...

CVE-2005-2678

Microsoft IIS 5.1 and 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the SERVERNAME variable to bypass security checks and conduct various attacks via a GET request with an http://localhost URI, which makes it appear as if the request is coming from localhost...