{"cve":"CVE-2009-2431","nvd":{"published":"2009-07-10T21:00:00.250","modified":"2026-06-16T23:09:26.170","status":"Modified","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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-20"],"references":["http://corelabs.coresecurity.com/index.php?action=view&type=advisory&name=WordPress_Privileges_Unchecked","http://securitytracker.com/id?1022528","http://www.osvdb.org/55716","http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/504795/100/0/threaded","http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1833"],"products":["wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:07.895733559+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-2431","score":0.02869,"percentile":0.86795,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}