National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2762

Overview

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly the administrator, via a key[] array variable in a resetpass (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/

External Source: XF

Name: wordpress-wplogin-security-bypass(52382)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/52382

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022707

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707

External Source: BID

Name: 36014

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014

External Source: MILW0RM

Name: 9410

Hyperlink:http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9410

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36237

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36237

External Source: MISC

Name: http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798

Hyperlink:http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798

External Source: FULLDISC

Name: 20090810 WordPress <= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset password

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html