Vulnerability Report

CVE-2009-2336

Title: Wordpress Wordpress

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2009-2336.

CWE Category CWE-16
Published Date Jul 10, 2009
Modified Date Apr 09, 2025
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 5.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
2.30%

Vulnerability Summary

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 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/55714 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/55714 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-2009-2336 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

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.