Vulnerability in WordPress
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."
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CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.054 (92.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 92.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.054 · newest: 0.054 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded (mailing-list, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
- www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, exploit)
- www.osvdb.org/55714 (Patch, vdb-entry, Broken Link)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2009-2336?
- CVE-2009-2336 is a vulnerability in WordPress, classified under CWE-16. Published 2009-07-10.
- Is CVE-2009-2336 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.