{"id":"CVE-2009-2336","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2009-2336","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T18:44:09.532Z","title":"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.","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.\"","published":"2009-07-10T21:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T23:09:14.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-16"],"affected":["wordpress/wordpress","wordpress/wordpress mu"],"epss":{"score":0.05412,"percentile":0.92638,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/55714","tags":["Broken Link","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/55714","tags":["Broken Link","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2336","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}