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CVE-2009-2762

CVSS Score Not Available
74.13%
HIGH RiskEPSS (99th percentile)

wp-login.php in WordPress 2.8.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to force a password reset for the first user in the database, possibly the administrator, via a key[] array variable in a resetpass (aka rp) action, which bypasses a check that assumes that $key is not an array.

Published: 8/13/2009
Modified: 4/9/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

74.13%HIGH Exploitation Risk
99th percentile

This vulnerability has a 74.13% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 99% of all scored CVEs.