MEDIUM
wordpress: multiple vulnerabilities
Published Jul 10, 2009
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 3.08%
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- ≤ 2.7.1
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.2
- 0.6.2.1
- 0.6.2.1
- 0.7
- 0.71
- 0.71-gold
- 0.72
- 0.72
- 0.72
- 0.72
- 0.711
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0
- 1.0-platinum
- 1.0.1
- 1.0.1-miles
- 1.0.2
- 1.0.2-blakey
- 1.2
- 1.2
- 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
- 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
- 2.3
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.1
- 2.3.2
- 2.3.3
- 2.5
- 2.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.5
- ≤ 2.7
- 1.1
- 1.1.1
- 1.2
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.3
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.4
- 1.2.5a
- 1.3
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.3.3
- 1.5
- 1.5.1
- 2.6
- 2.6.1
- 2.6.2
- 2.6.3
- 2.6.5
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.
3.08% 0.03076
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.03076
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 (14 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 3.08% (0.03076) | 87.22th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 3.08% (0.03076) | 85.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.07% (0.01072) | 75.77th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.16% (0.04159) | 80.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 24, 2025 | 1.07% (0.01072) | 75.72th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 23, 2025 | 4.16% (0.04159) | 86.56th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.07% (0.01072) | 76.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00817) | 82.54th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.82% (0.00817) | 81.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.82% (0.00817) | 79.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (10)
- http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.osvdb.org/55717 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2432 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510745 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51734 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2432
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2432
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked | x_refsource_MISCExploit | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/55717 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENPatchVendor Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-2432 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=510745 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51734 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2432 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2432 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 10, 2009
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 10, 2009
Link CVE-2009-2432
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a