CVE-2009-2336

Name	CVE-2009-2336
Description	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."
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
Debian Bugs	536724

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
wordpress (PTS)	bullseye (security), bullseye	5.7.11+dfsg1-0+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm, bookworm (security)	6.1.6+dfsg1-0+deb12u1	fixed
	sid, trixie	6.6.1+dfsg1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
wordpress	source	(unstable)	2.8.3-1	unimportant		536724

Minor information leak