CVE-2009-2431 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02869.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Wordpress	Wordpress

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
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
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2431

History

Wed, 28 May 2025 14:45:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2431

Thu, 22 May 2025 04:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2431 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2431

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2009-07-10T20:25:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:14.828Z

Reserved: 2009-07-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2009-2431

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2009-07-10T21:00:00.250

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:09:26.170

Link: CVE-2009-2431

Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2009-07-08T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-2431 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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