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TITLE:
WordPress Password Reset Weakness

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA36237

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/36237/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been reported in WordPress, which can be exploited by
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions.

The weakness is caused due to a bug within the password reset
functionality when verifying the secret key. This can be exploited to
reset the password of the first user without a key in the database
(usually administrator) without providing the correct secret key.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 2.8.4.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Laurent Gaffié

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
WordPress:
http://wordpress.org/development/2009/08/2-8-4-security-release/

Laurent Gaffié:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2009-08/0114.html

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