CVE-2009-2762

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…

published August 13, 2009

CVSS
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EPSS
20%
Percentile
97.4
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.19636 · 97.4th percentile
Published
2009-08-13T16:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 13 AUG 16:00Z
    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…
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