CVE-2009-2762
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.5)—💥 Exploit
wp-login.php en WordPress v2.8.3 y anteriores que permite a los atacantes remotos a forzar el restablecimiento de la contraseña para el primer usuario en la base de datos, posiblemente el administrador, a través de un key[] array variable en una acción resetpass (también conocido como rp), lo que evita un control que asume que $key no es un array.
CVSS
- Versión: 2.0
- Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Puntuación base: 7.5
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 20%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 97
- Fecha de la puntuación: 8/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
💥 Exploits públicos
Hay código de explotación o plantillas de detección públicos. No es lo mismo que explotación activa confirmada (KEV), pero aumenta el riesgo: parchee con prioridad.
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · WordPress Core 2.8.3 - Remote Admin Reset Password (11/8/2009)
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · WordPress Core 2.6.1 - Admin Takeover (SQL Column Truncation) (10/9/2008)
- Publicado en Exploit-DB · WordPress Core 2.6.1 - SQL Column Truncation (7/9/2008)
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-255
Referencias
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36237
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html
- http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36237
- http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36014
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022707
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/52382
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