CVE-2009-2336

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."

CVSS v2.0

5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

5.41% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 92th percentile

Nuclei

medium

Published

2009-07-10

Updated

2024-08-07

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privi…
• http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110

Nuclei templates (1)

• topscoder/nuclei-wordfence-cve/blob/main/nuclei-templates/2009/CVE-2009-2336-wpmu-08f83fd…

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2009-2335
• CVE-2009-2337
• CVE-2009-2334
• CVE-2009-2338
• CVE-2009-2333
• CVE-2009-2339