PT-2009-4767 · Automattic · Wordpress Mu+1

Fernando Arnaboldi + 1 · Published 2009-07-10 · Updated 2018-11-08 · CVE-2009-2336

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WordPress versions prior to 2.8.1 WordPress MU versions prior to 2.8.1

Description The forgotten mail interface in WordPress and WordPress MU exhibits different behavior for a password request depending on whether the user account exists. This allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames.

Recommendations For WordPress versions prior to 2.8.1, update to version 2.8.1 or later. For WordPress MU versions prior to 2.8.1, update to version 2.8.1 or later.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-16

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2336

Affected Products

Wordpress

Wordpress Mu

References · 16

• 🔥 http://exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked · Exploit
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 · Patch
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2336 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2336 · Security Note
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2336 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/55714 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2336 · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2336 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded · Note