5.3

CVE-2009-2432: wordpress

CVSS: 5.3v3.1MediumModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2009-2432
Published 10-07-2009Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-2432 is a medium (CVSS 5.3) vulnerability in wordpress. EPSS estimates a 3.08% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87.4% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded. Fixed in 2.8.1.

Overall risk
32/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.3/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (wordfence)
EPSS score
3.08%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 10-07-2009
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

CVSS metrics

2 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

3.08%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

87%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.08% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
3.08%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (corelabs.coresecurity.com)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Wordpress4 products
  • wordpress≤ 2.8 (fixed in 2.8.1)
  • wpmu≤ 2.8 (fixed in 2.8.1)
  • wordpressEOL≤ 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 | 0.71-gold | 0.72 | 0.72:beta1 | 0.72:beta2 | 0.72:rc1 | 0.711 | 1.0 | 1.0:rc1 | 1.0:rc2 | 1.0:rc3 | 1.0:rc4 | 1.0-platinum | 1.0.1 | 1.0.1-miles | 1.0.2 | 1.0.2-blakey | 1.2 | 1.2:beta | 1.2-delta | 1.2-mingus | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.3.1 | 1.4 | 1.5 | 1.5-strayhorn | 1.5.1 | 1.5.1.1 | 1.5.1.2 | 1.5.1.3 | 1.5.2 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.0.7 | 2.0.8 | 2.0.9 | 2.0.10 | 2.0.10_rc1 | 2.0.10_rc2 | 2.0.11 | 2.1 | 2.1:alpha_3 | 2.1.1 | 2.1.2 | 2.1.3 | 2.1.3_rc1 | 2.1.3_rc2 | 2.2 | 2.2.0 | 2.2.1 | 2.2.2 | 2.2.3 | 2.2_revision5002 | 2.2_revision5003 | 2.3 | 2.3:beta3 | 2.3:rc1 | 2.3.1 | 2.3.1:rc1 | 2.3.2 | 2.3.3 | 2.5 | 2.5.1 | 2.6 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.5
  • wordpress_mu≤ 2.7 | 1.1 | 1.1.1 | 1.2 | 1.2.1 | 1.2.2 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.4:rc1 | 1.2.5a | 1.3 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.5:rc1 | 1.5.1 | 2.6 | 2.6.1 | 2.6.2 | 2.6.3 | 2.6.5
Debian1 product
  • wordpress< 2.8.3-1

2 vendors · 5 products

References

8 links