Description
WordPress 2.7.1 places the username of a post's author in an HTML comment, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source.
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Remediation
No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.
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Tracking
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
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EUVD |
EUVD-2009-2426 | WordPress 2.7.1 places the username of a post's author in an HTML comment, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T05:52:14.828Z
Reserved: 2009-07-10T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2009-2431
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Status : Modified
Published: 2009-07-10T21:00:00.250
Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467
Link: CVE-2009-2431
OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD