certfr_avis - certa-2009-avi-334

CERTA-2009-AVI-334

Vulnerability from certfr_avis

Une vulnérabilité dans WordPress permet de réinitialiser, sans les droits requis, un mot de passe à distance.

Description

Une vulnérabilité a été découverte dans WordPress. Un attaquant peut provoquer la réinitialisation du mot de passe qui correspond au premier compte sans clé dans la base de données (typiquement le compte de l'administrateur). Dans ce cas, un nouveau mot de passe est envoyé par messagerie électronique au propriétaire légitime de ce compte.

Solution

Se référer au bulletin de sécurité de l'éditeur pour l'obtention des correctifs (cf. section Documentation).

WordPress versions 2.8.3 et antérieures.

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Description

References

Title

Publication Time

CVE-2009-2762 (GCVE-0-2009-2762)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5

Published

2009-08-13 16:00

Modified

2024-08-07 05:59

Severity ?

CWE

Summary

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly the administrator, via a key[] array variable in a resetpass (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.

References

URL

Tags

	http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798	x_refsource_MISC
	http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410	exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382	vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
	http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html	mailing-list, x_refsource_FULLDISC
	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014	vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
	http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707	vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK
	http://secunia.com/advisories/36237	third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	n/a	n/a	Version: n/a

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Author	Source	Type	Date

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Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.

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