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.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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."
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 5.41% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-16
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · wordpress/wordpress mu
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_UncheckedExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.osvdb.org/55714Broken Link, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_UncheckedExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.osvdb.org/55714Broken Link, Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threadedThird Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.