CVE-2009-2762 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 19.6% (pctl 97)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 19.64% — more likely to be exploited than 97% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-255 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2009-08-13 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| wordpress | wordpress |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | WordPress Core 2.8.3 - Remote Admin Reset Password | 2009-08-11 |
| exploit-db | WordPress Core 2.6.1 - Admin Takeover (SQL Column Truncation) | 2008-09-10 |
| exploit-db | WordPress Core 2.6.1 - SQL Column Truncation | 2008-09-07 |
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36237
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36237
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382
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