wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly…

Description

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly the administrator, via a key[] array variable in a resetpass (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

19.6% · top 2.6% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-255 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-255 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (8)

• http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 9410 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
• wordpress-wplogin-security-bypass(52382) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 20090810 WordPress <= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset password (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
• 36014 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 1022707 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 36237 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-2762](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-2762.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-2762)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:59 UTC.