CVE-2009-2431

5.0

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

2.87%

LOW RiskEPSS (86th percentile)

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.

Published: 7/10/2009

Modified: 6/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

2.87%LOW Exploitation Risk

86th percentile

This vulnerability has a 2.87% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 86% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

CWE-20

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