CVE-2009-2431: WordPress 2.7.1 places the username of a post's author in an HTML comment, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML…

PriorityP419medium5CVSS 2.0

AVNACLAuNCPINAN

EPSS

2.87%

85.2th percentile

WordPress 2.7.1 places the username of a post's author in an HTML comment, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source.

Affected

6 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	wordpress	< wordpress 2.8.3-1 (bookworm)	wordpress 2.8.3-1 (bookworm)
wordpress	wordpress	—	—
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

CVSS provenance

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv5.0MEDIUM

vendor_debian5.0LOW

vendor_redhat5.0MEDIUM

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