Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-2335

Title: Wordpress Wordpress

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2009-2335

CWE Category CWE-16
Published Date Jul 10, 2009
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Available
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
85.34%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2009-2335: WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 exhibit different behavior for a failed login attempt 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."

Impacted Vendors

W
wordpress 2

Reference Links

http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 http://www.osvdb.org/55713 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 http://www.osvdb.org/55713 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
5.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2009-2335 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/17702
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.