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CVE-2009-2336 (GCVE-0-2009-2336)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2009-07-10 20:25 – Updated: 2024-08-07 05:44
VLAI
Summary
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."
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action… x_refsource_MISC
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://www.osvdb.org/55714 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2009-07-08 00:00
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