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CVE-2009-2336
The forgotten mail interface in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 exhibits different behavior for a password request depending on…
Medium5.0EPSS 5.4%
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- mitre
Description
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- FEDORA-2009-8538 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-7729 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20090708 CORE-2009-01515 - WordPress Privileges Unchecked in admin.php and Multiple Information (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1022528 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-7701 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1833 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- FEDORA-2009-8529 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 9110 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 55714 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 35581 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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