PT-2009-4848 · WordPress · Wordpress

Published 2009-07-10 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-2431

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 version 2.7.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source, specifically the username of a post's author, which is placed in an HTML comment.

Recommendations For WordPress version 2.7.1, consider updating to a newer version that does not include this sensitive information in HTML comments, or manually remove the username from the HTML source to prevent information disclosure.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2431

Affected Products

Wordpress

References · 11

• http://osvdb.org/55716 · Patch
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2431 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2431 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2431 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2431 · Security Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2431 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51733 · Note