National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2336

Overview

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."

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-1833

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 55714

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.osvdb.org/55714

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022528

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528

External Source: MISC

Name: http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-7729

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-7701

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8538

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2009-8529

Hyperlink:https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html

External Source: BID

Name: 35581

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20090708 CORE-2009-01515 - WordPress Privileges Unchecked in admin.php and Multiple Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 9110

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9110