Description

WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 exhibit different behavior for a failed login attempt 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."

INFO

Published Date :

July 10, 2009, 9 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 1:04 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2009-2335 has a 5 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2009-2335 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Wordpress wordpress
2 Wordpress wordpress_mu
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2009-2335.

URL Resource
http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/55713 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html Third Party Advisory
http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.osvdb.org/55713 Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 Patch Vendor Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html Third Party Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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Born at : March 3, 2022, 5:09 a.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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Born at : Jan. 14, 2020, 6:01 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

A simple writeup of Pentesting in previous versions of WordPress using Kali Linux

security-vulnerability security-tools wordpress kali-linux

Updated: 4 months, 1 week ago
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Born at : March 30, 2018, 6:34 a.m. This repo has been linked 5 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2009-2335 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2009-2335 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked
    Added Reference http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110
    Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/55713
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581
    Added Reference http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html
    Added Reference https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 08, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Reference Type http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked Exploit http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked Exploit, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 No Types Assigned http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.osvdb.org/55713 No Types Assigned http://www.osvdb.org/55713 Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html No Types Assigned https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71-gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0-platinum:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1-miles:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2-blakey:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-delta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-mingus:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5-strayhorn:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:alpha_3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2_revision5002:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2_revision5003:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.6.5 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.7.1 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (including) 2.7 OR *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.8.1 *cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 2.8.1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 10, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/9110 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 13, 2009

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2009-2335 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2009-2335 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

95.99 }} -0.95%

score

0.99620

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality
Integrity
Availability