CVE-2009-2762

Publication date 13 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

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Status

No maintained releases are affected by this CVE.

Package Ubuntu Release Status
wordpress 11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick
Not affected
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
9.10 karmic
Not affected
9.04 jaunty Ignored end of life
8.10 intrepid Ignored end of life, was needed
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

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Exploit: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014/exploit

Patch details

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Package Patch details
wordpress