CVE-2009-2432 Details
WordPress and WordPress MU before 2.8.1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a direct request to wp-settings.php, which reveals the installation path in an error message.
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-2432
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System): EPSS predicts the likelihood that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild. A higher percentage means a greater chance of an exploit occurring. The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%).
3.08 Probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days (86th percentile)
CVSS score for CVE-2009-2432
CVSS (Common Vulnerability Scoring System): An open framework owned and managed by FIRST.Org, Inc. that assigns a numerical score from 0 to 10 to software vulnerabilities to indicate their severity.
5 Medium
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CVE-2009-2432 Global Footprint

Top 10 Identified Countries

Country Observations Percentage
IT 12,992 24.65%
US 4,254 8.07%
RU 3,375 6.40%
DE 3,212 6.09%
GB 3,093 5.87%
KZ 2,962 5.62%
ZA 2,623 4.98%
PL 2,222 4.22%
FR 1,906 3.62%
IN 1,774 3.37%

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CVE-2009-2432 Industry Footprint

Top 10 Identified Industries

*Service provider organizations (typically Technology and Telecommunications) are disproportionally represented in the results given their upstream ownership of end-user infrastructure. See our FAQs.

Industry* Observations Percentage
Technology 23,649 88.14%
Telecommunications 2,708 10.09%
Government/Politics 94 0.35%
Business Services 78 0.29%
Media/Entertainment 73 0.27%
Finance 49 0.18%
Education 42 0.16%
Nonprofit/NGO 39 0.15%
Manufacturing 28 0.10%
Transportation 18 0.07%

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