CVE-2009-2762

NameCVE-2009-2762
Descriptionwp-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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs541102

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
buster5.0.15+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
buster (security)5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye5.7.8+dfsg1-0+deb11u2fixed
bookworm6.1.1+dfsg1-1fixed
sid, trixie6.4.3+dfsg1-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
wordpresssourceetch(not affected)
wordpresssourcelenny(not affected)
wordpresssource(unstable)2.8.3-2unimportant541102

Notes

[lenny] - wordpress <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[etch] - wordpress <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
not really a security issue in my opinion, just an annoying bug

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