CVE-2009-2762

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-08-13 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-255

Description

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly the administrator, via a key[] array variable in a resetpass (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.

Affected products

WordPress: through 2.8.3

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798
http://secunia.com/advisories/36237
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html
http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798
http://secunia.com/advisories/36237
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/

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