CVE-2009-2762
N/A
Published: August 13, 2009 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWordPress
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 20%
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 (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
WordPress· WordPressdrupal
95%v ≤ 2.8.3
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (8)
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.htmlx_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707VDB Entryx_refsource_XFThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-255
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