CVE-2009-2762

Exp

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.

Published: 2009-08-13 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2009-2762 is rated High Exploit Risk (84.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 74.13%, 99th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +5.41% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-2762

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
9410 exploit_db edb 2009-08-11 Exploit-DB ↗
6421 exploit_db edb 2008-09-10 Exploit-DB ↗
6397 exploit_db edb 2008-09-07 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2762

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-12-28 68.71% 74.13% +5.41%
2 2025-12-27 74.13% 68.71% -5.41%
3 2025-10-28 — 74.13% —

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-2762

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-2762

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-2762

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2009-2762 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (wordpress), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2762
ubuntu medium CVE-2009-2762 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (wordpress), 10 status rows across 10 suites (dapper, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, lucid, maverick, natty, oneiric, upstream): not-affected 5, ignored 4, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2762

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-2762

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
wordpress wordpress <= 2.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-2762

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