The forgotten mail interface in WordPress and WordPress...
Moderate severity
Unreviewed
Published
May 2, 2022
to the GitHub Advisory Database
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Updated Jan 31, 2023
Description
Published by the National Vulnerability Database
Jul 10, 2009
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database
May 2, 2022
Last updated
Jan 31, 2023
The forgotten mail interface in WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 exhibits different behavior for a password request depending on whether the user account exists, which allows remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames. NOTE: the vendor reportedly disputes the significance of this issue, indicating that the behavior exists for "user convenience."
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