CVE-2009-2762
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...
- Published
- Aug 13, 2009
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Sep 7, 2008
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PModerate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 97.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
3irk4z · php · Sep 7, 2008
iso^kpsbr · php · Sep 10, 2008
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