CVE-2009-2431

Published Jul 10, 2009

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-20

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "F5663CAA-0859-447E-8489-02CE4315DF91"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References