WordPress Core < 2.8 - Sensitive Information Disclosure

2009-06-11 00:00

Anonymous

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 2.8

Affected CoreWordPress 2.7

Affected Version<= 2.7.1

CVSS5.3Medium

CVECVE-2009-2431

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Vulnerability Overview

WordPress 2.7.1 places the username of a post's author in an HTML comment, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source.

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 2.8, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor) The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2431 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/d84cf972-be7e-497c-b360-2ea491e44ad6

CVSS Vector

5.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredNone
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityNone
AvailabilityNone

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