| Name | CVE-2009-2431 |
| 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. |
| 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 | 537146 |
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 | 537146 |
Minor information leak