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Old 08-12-2009, 11:16 AM
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Default WordPress 2.84 fixes Reset Admin Password Vulnerability
WordPress <= 2.8.3 Reset Admin Password Vulnerability
by DK
August 11, 2009

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An exploit has been released for all current versions of WordPress including WordPress <= 2.8.3.

Laurent Gaffié who published the finding says:
An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise the admin
account of any wordpress/wordpress-mu <= 2.8.3
From what I can tell the vulnerability allows an attacker to reset the admin user account without having a valid email address. This could certainly be used in a denial of service vulnerability, locking an admin out their site by continually changing the password.
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Old 08-15-2009, 02:02 PM
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Wow, that's scary. I will upgrade right away.
I doesn't sound good that some p**ck could compromise all my hard work.

Thanks for the info.
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