CVE-2009-2431

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

WordPress 2.7.1 places the username of a post's author in an HTML comment, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source.

Affected products

WordPress: 2.7.1

References

http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
http://www.osvdb.org/55716
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51733
http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked
http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528
http://www.osvdb.org/55716
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51733

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