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CVE-2009-2432

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2009-07-10 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

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.

Affected products

• WordPress: through 2.7.1; 0.6.2, 0.6.2-beta_2, 0.6.2.1, 0.6.2.1-beta_2, 0.7, 0.71 (+73)
• Wordpress Mu: through 2.7; 1.1, 1.1.1, 1.2, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3 (+14)

References

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

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