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CVE-2009-2431

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CVE-2009-2431 describes an information disclosure vulnerability in WordPress version 2.7.1, where the author's username is inadvertently exposed within HTML comments. This allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by simply viewing the HTML source code. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0 (medium severity) with a low attack complexity and no authentication required, but only impacts confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
2.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
85.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0287 is in the 79th percentile among its peer group of 23,723 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-2009-2431Moderate

wordpress: multiple vulnerabilities

Jul 8, 2009

References

corelabs.coresecurity.com / index.php
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/51733
osvdb.org / 55716
Patch
securityfocus.com / archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/1833
PatchVendor Advisory