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Critical
CVE-2007-6013
Wordpress 1.5 through 2.3.1 uses cookie values based on the...
Vulnerability Description
Wordpress 1.5 through 2.3.1 uses cookie values based on the MD5 hash of a password MD5 hash, which allows attackers to bypass authentication by obtaining the MD5 hash from the user database, then generating the authentication cookie from that hash.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txt
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28310
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980
- http://osvdb.org/40801
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27714
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
1.5, 7, 8
Timeline
Official Publish:
November 19th, 2007
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.