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Medium
CVE-2013-2173
wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress 3.5.1, when a password-protected post exists, allows...
Vulnerability Description
wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress 3.5.1, when a password-protected post exists, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted value of a certain wp-postpass cookie.
Impact Analysis
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Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://vndh.net/note:wordpress-351-denial-service
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/12/2
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-06/0052.html
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2
- https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/219
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Affected Vendor
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Vulnerable Versions:
3.5.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
June 21st, 2013
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
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