PT-2009-4849 · Automattic · Wordpress Mu+1

Published 2009-07-10 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-2432

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 issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to "wp-settings.php", which reveals the installation path in an error message.

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-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2432

Affected Products

Wordpress

Wordpress Mu

References · 11

• 🔥 http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2432 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2432 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/55717 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2432 · Security Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2009-2432 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51734 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2432 · Note