MEDIUM
wp-login.php in WordPress 2.0.5 and earlier displays different error messages if a user exists or not, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and facilitates brute force attacks
Published Jan 9, 2007
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.24%
Description
wp-login.php in WordPress 2.0.5 and earlier displays different error messages if a user exists or not, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information and facilitates brute force attacks.
Affected products
No data.
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
3.24% 0.03237
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03237
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (21 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 3.24% (0.03237) | 87.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.14% (0.03137) | 86.18th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.28% (0.01283) | 77.76th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.88% (0.04879) | 82.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 1.20% (0.01202) | 77.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 4.58% (0.04585) | 87.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.20% (0.01202) | 77.51th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.17% (0.01165) | 85.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2024 | 1.17% (0.01165) | 84.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 20, 2023 | 1.54% (0.01538) | 85.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 12, 2023 | 1.57% (0.01565) | 85.77th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 5, 2023 | 1.40% (0.01396) | 84.86th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 28, 2023 | 1.16% (0.01157) | 83.09th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2023 | 1.10% (0.01099) | 82.37th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 5, 2023 | 0.83% (0.00831) | 79.61th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 0.79% (0.00791) | 78.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.78% (0.00776) | 78.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.89th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Mar 2, 2023 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 72.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 70.87th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.41% (0.01408) | 49.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (8)
- http://osvdb.org/31577 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23621 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/23741 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2113 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455927/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0062 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31262 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://osvdb.org/31577 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23621 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/23741 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA | |
| http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-10.xml | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2113 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/455927/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0062 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31262 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jan 9, 2007
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jan 8, 2007
Link CVE-2007-0109
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a