{"cve":"CVE-2009-2762","nvd":{"published":"2009-08-13T16:30:01.280","modified":"2026-06-16T23:10:10.313","status":"Modified","description":"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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-255"],"references":["http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html","http://core.trac.wordpress.org/changeset/11798","http://secunia.com/advisories/36237","http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/","http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/9410"],"products":["wordpress:wordpress"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:54:26.868835795+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2009-2762","score":0.19636,"percentile":0.97389,"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."]}