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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-2432 Detail

Description

WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to wp-settings.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.


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CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  5.0 MEDIUM
Vector:  (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked Exploit 
http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked Exploit 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
http://www.osvdb.org/55717 Patch 
http://www.osvdb.org/55717 Patch 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51734
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51734

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.6.2.1:beta_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.71-gold:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.72:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:0.711:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0-platinum:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.1-miles:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.0.2-blakey:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2:beta:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-delta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2-mingus:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5-strayhorn:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.10_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1:alpha_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3_rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.1.3_rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2_revision5002:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.2_revision5003:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:beta3:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.1:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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2.7.1
 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.4:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.2.5a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.5:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:2.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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2.7

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-2432
NVD Published Date:
07/10/2009
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE