CVE-2009-2336

published 2009-07-10

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…

Priority P4 34 medium 5 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC L Au N C P I N A N

EXPLOIT

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

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 2.8.3-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 2.8.3-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	< 2.8.1	2.8.1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.8.3-1	2.8.3-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.8.3-1	2.8.3-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.8.3-1	2.8.3-1
wordpress	wordpress	>= 0 < 2.8.3-1	2.8.3-1
wordpress	wordpress_mu	< 2.8.1	2.8.1

CVSS provenance

nvd v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv 5.0 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.0 LOW

vendor_redhat 5.0 MEDIUM

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