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."
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
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n/aaffected
References
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html ↗
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html ↗
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9110 ↗
- http://www.osvdb.org/55714 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35581 ↗