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CVE-2009-2762

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 2009-08-13 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Wordpress Wordpress

Weakness Type

CWE-255

References