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CVE-2009-2431

WordPress 2.7.1 places the username of a post's author in an HTML comment, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source.

Published

2009-07-10T21:00:00.250

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	2.7.1	Yes

References

http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked ([email protected])
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/55716 Patch ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51733 ([email protected])
http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/55716 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51733 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)