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>> WordPress "wp-login.php" Authentication Process Information Disclosure Vulnerability
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Title : WordPress "wp-login.php" Authentication Process Information Disclosure Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-0062
CVE ID : CVE-2007-0109
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-01-06
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A vulnerability has been identified in WordPress, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is due to an error in the authentication process that indicates the nature of login failures when handling non-existent usernames or invalid passwords, which could be exploited by remote attackers to enumerate valid usernames, facilitating further attacks.
Affected Products
WordPress version 2.0.5 and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/0062
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Kad
ChangeLog
2007-01-06 : Initial release
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