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Vulnerability details: VCID-z1cs-mzej-wfcm
Vulnerability ID VCID-z1cs-mzej-wfcm
Aliases CVE-2011-4957
Summary 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.
Status Published
Exploitability None
Weighted Severity None
Risk None
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
epss 0.02802 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4957
Reference id Reference type URL
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2011-4957
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4957
No exploits are available.
There are no known vectors.
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.86362
EPSS Score 0.02802
Published At May 29, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-05-29T13:41:25.318200+00:00 Debian Oval Importer Import https://www.debian.org/security/oval/oval-definitions-bullseye.xml.bz2 38.6.0