CVE-2009-2431 Information

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.

Reference

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 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/51733