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CVE-2009-2335

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2009-2335 describes a username enumeration vulnerability in WordPress and WordPress MU versions prior to 2.8.1, where differing login error messages reveal whether a user account exists. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that could lead to partial confidentiality impact by exposing valid usernames. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, exploit intelligence shows a Metasploit module exists for brute-force and user enumeration, though there is no evidence of active exploitation, significant community discussion, or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
< 2.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress_mu:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.0MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
85.00%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
99.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-17702 · Aug 20, 2011
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.8500 is in the 100th percentile among its peer group of 23,701 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2009-2335Moderate

wordpress: multiple vulnerabilities

Jul 8, 2009

References

corelabs.coresecurity.com / index.php
ExploitThird Party Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00597.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00608.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00632.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-July/msg00676.html
Third Party Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/9110
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
osvdb.org / 55713
Broken Link
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securityfocus.com / bid/35581
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1833
PatchVendor Advisory