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CVE-2009-2762

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.

Published

2009-08-13T16:30:01.280

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-255

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 2.8.3	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/36237 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410 Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/36237 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/ Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410 Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)