WordPress Core & WordPress MU < 2.8.1 - Username Enumeration

Observable Discrepancy
CVE CVE-2009-2336
CVSS Medium (5.3)
Publicly Published July 9, 2009
Last Updated January 22, 2024
Description

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."

References

2 affected software package

Software Type Core
Software Slug wpmu (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8
Patched Version
  • 2.8.1
Software Type Core
Software Slug wordpress (view on wordpress.org)
Patched? Yes
Affected Version
  • <= 2.8
Patched Version
  • 2.8.1
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