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high 7.5

CVE-2009-2762 in the critical feed json

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…

published 2009-08-13 17 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2009-2752

cvss
7.5
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
19.6%
EPSS 19.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
3
Exploit-DB

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.

Patch / fix

  • wordpress Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.8.3-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2009-2762

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-6397)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

19.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-9410 WordPress Core 2.8.3 - Remote Admin Reset Password webapps, 2009-08-11
  • EDB-6421 WordPress Core 2.6.1 - Admin Takeover (SQL Column Truncation) webapps, 2008-09-10
  • EDB-6397 WordPress Core 2.6.1 - SQL Column Truncation webapps, 2008-09-07

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-255 Credentials Management Errors
Technology feeds

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.