CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-2336
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-07-10
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-16
Description
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."
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (< 2.8.1)
• wordpress wordpress mu (< 2.8.1)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.osvdb.org/55714 Broken Link, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html Third Party Advisory
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.osvdb.org/55714 Broken Link, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html Third Party Advisory