CVE-2009-2762

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly the administrator, via a key[] array variable in a resetpass (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly the administrator, via a key[] array variable in a resetpass (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 15 years ago

2009-08-13 16:30:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-11-22 17:17:00

Affected Software

WordPress

References

20090810 WordPress <= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset password

Broken Link

http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798

Vendor Advisory

36237

Third Party Advisory

http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/

Patch, Vendor Advisory

9410

Exploit, Third Party Advisory

36014

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

1022707

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

wordpress-wplogin-security-bypass(52382)

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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