CVE-2009-2336

NameCVE-2009-2336
DescriptionThe 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."
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs536724

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
wordpress (PTS)jessie, jessie (lts)4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1fixed
stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1fixed
buster (security), buster, buster (lts)5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1fixed
bookworm (security), bookworm6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie6.6.1+dfsg1-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssource(unstable)2.8.3-1unimportant536724

Notes

Minor information leak

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