CVE-2009-2336

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The forgotten mail interface in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 exhibits different behavior for a password request depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes the significance of this issue, indicating that the behavior exists for "user convenience."

The forgotten mail interface in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 exhibits different behavior for a password request depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes the significance of this issue, indicating that the behavior exists for "user convenience."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

First reported 15 years ago

2009-07-10 21:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-11-08 20:39:00

Affected Software

WordPress

References

http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked

Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory

1022528

Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

9110

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

55714

Broken Link, Patch

20090708 CORE-2009-01515 - WordPress Privileges Unchecked in admin.php and Multiple Information

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

35581

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

ADV-2009-1833

Patch, Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2009-8529

Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2009-8538

Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2009-7701

Third Party Advisory

FEDORA-2009-7729

Third Party Advisory

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