CVE-2007-0109

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2007-01-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.0.5 and earlier displays different error messages if a user exists or not, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and facilitates brute force attacks.

Affected products

WordPress: 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 2.0.5

References

http://osvdb.org/31577
http://secunia.com/advisories/23621
http://secunia.com/advisories/23741
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2113
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455927/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0062
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31262
http://osvdb.org/31577
http://secunia.com/advisories/23621
http://secunia.com/advisories/23741
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml

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