CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2009-2334

Improper Authentication

Published: Jul 10, 2009 | Modified: Oct 10, 2018
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
4.9 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

wp-admin/admin.php in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 does not require administrative authentication to access the configuration of a plugin, which allows remote attackers to specify a configuration file in the page parameter to obtain sensitive information or modify this file, as demonstrated by the (1) collapsing-archives/options.txt, (2) akismet/readme.txt, (3) related-ways-to-take-action/options.php, (4) wp-security-scan/securityscan.php, and (5) wp-ids/ids-admin.php files. NOTE: this can be leveraged for cross-site scripting (XSS) and denial of service.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Wordpress Wordpress * 2.7.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2 (including) 0.6.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2-beta_2 (including) 0.6.2-beta_2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2.1 (including) 0.6.2.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.6.2.1-beta_2 (including) 0.6.2.1-beta_2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.7 (including) 0.7 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.71 (including) 0.71 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.71-gold (including) 0.71-gold (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.72 (including) 0.72 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.72-beta1 (including) 0.72-beta1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.72-beta2 (including) 0.72-beta2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.72-rc1 (including) 0.72-rc1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 0.711 (including) 0.711 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0 (including) 1.0 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0-rc1 (including) 1.0-rc1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0-rc2 (including) 1.0-rc2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0-rc3 (including) 1.0-rc3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0-rc4 (including) 1.0-rc4 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0-platinum (including) 1.0-platinum (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1 (including) 1.0.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.1-miles (including) 1.0.1-miles (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2 (including) 1.0.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.0.2-blakey (including) 1.0.2-blakey (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2 (including) 1.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2-beta (including) 1.2-beta (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2-delta (including) 1.2-delta (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2-mingus (including) 1.2-mingus (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.1 (including) 1.2.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.2.2 (including) 1.2.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.3.1 (including) 1.3.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.4 (including) 1.4 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5 (including) 1.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5-strayhorn (including) 1.5-strayhorn (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1 (including) 1.5.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.1 (including) 1.5.1.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.2 (including) 1.5.1.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.1.3 (including) 1.5.1.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.5.2 (including) 1.5.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 1.6 (including) 1.6 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0 (including) 2.0 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.1 (including) 2.0.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.2 (including) 2.0.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.3 (including) 2.0.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.4 (including) 2.0.4 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.5 (including) 2.0.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.6 (including) 2.0.6 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.7 (including) 2.0.7 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.8 (including) 2.0.8 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.9 (including) 2.0.9 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10 (including) 2.0.10 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10_rc1 (including) 2.0.10_rc1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.10_rc2 (including) 2.0.10_rc2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.0.11 (including) 2.0.11 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1 (including) 2.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1-alpha_3 (including) 2.1-alpha_3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.1 (including) 2.1.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.2 (including) 2.1.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3 (including) 2.1.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3_rc1 (including) 2.1.3_rc1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.1.3_rc2 (including) 2.1.3_rc2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2 (including) 2.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.0 (including) 2.2.0 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.1 (including) 2.2.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.2 (including) 2.2.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2.3 (including) 2.2.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2_revision5002 (including) 2.2_revision5002 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.2_revision5003 (including) 2.2_revision5003 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3 (including) 2.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3-beta3 (including) 2.3-beta3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3-rc1 (including) 2.3-rc1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.1 (including) 2.3.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.1-rc1 (including) 2.3.1-rc1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.2 (including) 2.3.2 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.3.3 (including) 2.3.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.5 (including) 2.5 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.5.1 (including) 2.5.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.6 (including) 2.6 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.1 (including) 2.6.1 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.3 (including) 2.6.3 (including)
Wordpress Wordpress 2.6.5 (including) 2.6.5 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress * 2.7 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.1 (including) 1.1 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.1.1 (including) 1.1.1 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.2 (including) 1.2 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.2.1 (including) 1.2.1 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.2.2 (including) 1.2.2 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.2.3 (including) 1.2.3 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.2.4 (including) 1.2.4 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.2.4-rc1 (including) 1.2.4-rc1 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.2.5a (including) 1.2.5a (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.3 (including) 1.3 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.3.1 (including) 1.3.1 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.3.2 (including) 1.3.2 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.3.3 (including) 1.3.3 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.5-rc1 (including) 1.5-rc1 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 1.5.1 (including) 1.5.1 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 2.6 (including) 2.6 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 2.6.1 (including) 2.6.1 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 2.6.2 (including) 2.6.2 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 2.6.3 (including) 2.6.3 (including)
Wordpress_mu Wordpress 2.6.5 (including) 2.6.5 (including)

Potential Mitigations

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