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CVE-2009-2431

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-20 Input Validation
Publication date:
10/07/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools