National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2432
Original release date:07/10/2009
Last revised:08/12/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to wp-settings.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
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: 55717
Type: Patch Information
External Source: XF
Name: wordpress-wpsettings-path-disclosure(51734)
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20090708 CORE-2009-01515 - WordPress Privileges Unchecked in admin.php and Multiple Information
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022528
External Source: MISC
Name: http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked
