| Name | CVE-2009-2762 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 541102 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| wordpress (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 4.1.35+dfsg-0+deb8u1 | fixed |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 4.7.23+dfsg-0+deb9u1 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 5.0.21+dfsg1-0+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm (security), bookworm | 6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 6.6.1+dfsg1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| wordpress | source | etch | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | lenny | (not affected) | | | |
| wordpress | source | (unstable) | 2.8.3-2 | unimportant | | 541102 |
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