Vulnerability-Lookup

CERTA-2009-AVI-334

Vulnerability from certfr_avis - Published: 2009-08-12 - Updated: 2009-08-19

Une vulnérabilité dans WordPress permet de réinitialiser, sans les droits requis, un mot de passe à distance.

Description

Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans WordPress. Un attaquant peut provoquer la réinitialisation du mot de passe qui correspond au premier compte sans clé dans la base de données (typiquement le compte de l'administrateur). Dans ce cas, un nouveau mot de passe est envoyé par messagerie électronique au propriétaire légitime de ce compte.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

WordPress versions 2.8.3 et antérieures.

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2009-2762 (GCVE-0-2009-2762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-08-13 16:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:59

Summary

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.

Severity ?

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre

References

URL

Tags

	http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-se…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410	exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
	http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclo…	mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://secunia.com/advisories/36237	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA

Show details on NVD website

JSON

To clipboard

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T05:59:57.115Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798"
          },
          {
            "name": "9410",
            "tags": [
              "exploit",
              "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410"
          },
          {
            "name": "wordpress-wplogin-security-bypass(52382)",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_XF",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382"
          },
          {
            "name": "20090810 WordPress \u003c= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset password",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_FULLDISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "36014",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_BID",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014"
          },
          {
            "name": "1022707",
            "tags": [
              "vdb-entry",
              "x_refsource_SECTRACK",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707"
          },
          {
            "name": "36237",
            "tags": [
              "third-party-advisory",
              "x_refsource_SECUNIA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36237"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2009-08-10T00:00:00",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2017-09-18T12:57:01",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798"
        },
        {
          "name": "9410",
          "tags": [
            "exploit",
            "x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410"
        },
        {
          "name": "wordpress-wplogin-security-bypass(52382)",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_XF"
          ],
          "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382"
        },
        {
          "name": "20090810 WordPress \u003c= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset password",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_FULLDISC"
          ],
          "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "36014",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_BID"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014"
        },
        {
          "name": "1022707",
          "tags": [
            "vdb-entry",
            "x_refsource_SECTRACK"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707"
        },
        {
          "name": "36237",
          "tags": [
            "third-party-advisory",
            "x_refsource_SECUNIA"
          ],
          "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36237"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2009-2762",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "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."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798"
            },
            {
              "name": "9410",
              "refsource": "EXPLOIT-DB",
              "url": "http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410"
            },
            {
              "name": "wordpress-wplogin-security-bypass(52382)",
              "refsource": "XF",
              "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382"
            },
            {
              "name": "20090810 WordPress \u003c= 2.8.3 Remote admin reset password",
              "refsource": "FULLDISC",
              "url": "http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "36014",
              "refsource": "BID",
              "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014"
            },
            {
              "name": "1022707",
              "refsource": "SECTRACK",
              "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707"
            },
            {
              "name": "36237",
              "refsource": "SECUNIA",
              "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/36237"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2009-2762",
    "datePublished": "2009-08-13T16:00:00",
    "dateReserved": "2009-08-13T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-07T05:59:57.115Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1"
}

Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date

Nomenclature

Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

Action not permitted