WordPress < 2.0.6 - Username Enumeration via Error Messages

Observable Response Discrepancy
CVE CVE-2007-0109
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published January 5, 2007
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.0.5 and earlier displays different error messages if a user exists or not, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and facilitates brute force attacks.

References

1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.0.5
Patched Version
  • 2.0.6
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