CVE-2009-2431 — Improper Input Validation in Wordpress

CWE-20 — Improper Input ValidationCWE-615 — Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code Comments7 documents7 sources
Severity
5.0MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 21.18%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
WordpressDebian Wordpress
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateMay 2

Description

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.

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/C:P/I:N/A:NExploitability: 10.0 | Impact: 2.9

Affected Packages3 packages

▶debiandebian/wordpress< wordpress 2.8.3-1 (bookworm)
▶Debianwordpress/wordpress< 2.8.3-1+3

Patches

Patch: www.osvdb.org ↗Patch: www.vupen.com ↗Patch: www.osvdb.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-9354-f967-7fw8: WordPress 2↗2022-05-02
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OSV
CVE-2009-2431: WordPress 2↗2009-07-10
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
wordpress: multiple vulnerabilities↗2009-07-08
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Debian
CVE-2009-2431: wordpress - WordPress 2.7.1 places the username of a post's author in an HTML comment, which...↗2009
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📐Framework References

1
CWE
Inclusion of Sensitive Information in Source Code Comments↗
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CORE-2009-0515, CVE-2009-2334, CVE-2009-2335, CVE-2009-2336 CVE-2009-2431, CVE-2009-2432 wordpress: multiple vulnerabilities↗2009-07-10
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