National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2007-0109

Overview

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.0.5 and earlier displays different error messages if a user exists or not, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and facilitates brute force attacks.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: XF

Name: wordpress-account-enumeration(31262)

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/31262

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-0062

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0062

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20070103 Wordpress <= 2.x dictionnary & Bruteforce attack

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/455927/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23621

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23621

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 31577

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/31577

External Source: SREASON

Name: 2113

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2113

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200701-10

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23741

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23741