National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2336
Original release date:07/10/2009
Last revised:08/19/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
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):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-1833
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 55714
Type: Patch Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022528
Type: Patch Information
External Source: MISC
Name: http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-7729
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-7701
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8538
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8529
External Source: BID
Name: 35581
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090708 CORE-2009-01515 - WordPress Privileges Unchecked in admin.php and Multiple Information
External Source: MILW0RM
Name: 9110