CVEvulnerability
CVE-2009-2762
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2009-08-13
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-255
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• wordpress wordpress (<= 2.8.3)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html Broken Link
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36237 Third Party Advisory
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html Broken Link
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798 Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36237 Third Party Advisory
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410 Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry