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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 19.63% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2009-08-13 16:00Z17 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 05:59Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2009-08-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4244a7365a13f0bbca7e04d1ef9167d22669572841d54927f90751e38caca1bb
05 Affected products
06 References
- wordpress.orghttp://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/
- core.trac.wordpress.orghttp://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798
- www.exploit-db.com9410http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comwordpress-wplogin-security-bypass(52382)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382
- archives.neohapsis.com20090810 WordPress <= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset passwordhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html
- www.securityfocus.com36014http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014
- www.securitytracker.com1022707http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707
- secunia.com36237http://secunia.com/advisories/36237
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- wordpress Fixed in 2.8.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- wordpress Fixed in 2.8.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- wordpress Fixed in 2.8.3-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.