CVE-2009-2336

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 v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833	Patch 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.osvdb.org/55714	Broken Link Patch
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.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-August/msg00597.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

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Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu::::::::

Information

Published : 2009-07-10 14:00

Updated : 2018-11-08 12:39

NVD link : CVE-2009-2336

Mitre link : CVE-2009-2336

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-16

Configuration

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Products Affected

wordpress

wordpress_mu
wordpress

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