{
    "id": "CVE-2009-2762",
    "published": "2009-08-13 16:30:01",
    "last_modified": "2026-06-16 23:10:10",
    "cvss_score": "7.5",
    "cvss_severity": "HIGH",
    "cvss_version": "2.0",
    "cvss_vector": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
    "cwe": "CWE-255",
    "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.",
    "epss_score": "0.19636",
    "epss_percentile": "0.97311",
    "kev": 0,
    "kev_due": null,
    "has_exploit": 1,
    "updated_at": "2026-09-30 18:17:08",
    "priority": {
        "rank": 2,
        "label": "Patch early",
        "why": "A public exploit exists."
    },
    "products": [
        {
            "vendor": "wordpress",
            "product": "wordpress"
        }
    ],
    "kev_detail": null,
    "exploits": [
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "9410",
            "title": "WordPress Core 2.8.3 - Remote Admin Reset Password",
            "date": "2009-08-11",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "6421",
            "title": "WordPress Core 2.6.1 - Admin Takeover (SQL Column Truncation)",
            "date": "2008-09-10",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6421"
        },
        {
            "source": "exploit-db",
            "ref_id": "6397",
            "title": "WordPress Core 2.6.1 - SQL Column Truncation",
            "date": "2008-09-07",
            "url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/6397"
        }
    ],
    "refs_list": [
        "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"
    ]
}