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CVE-2005-2109

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2005-07-05 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

wp-login.php in WordPress 1.5.1.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to change the content of the forgotten password e-mail message via the message variable, which is not initialized before use.

Affected products

• WordPress: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.2, 1.5, 1.5.1 (+1)

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112006967221438&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15831
• http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00085-06282005
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112006967221438&w=2
• http://secunia.com/advisories/15831
• http://www.gulftech.org/?node=research&article_id=00085-06282005

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