CVE-2007-6013
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.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.28%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.28% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-327
- Affected
- wordpress/wordpress · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.htmlBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/40801Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27714Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28310Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375Broken Link
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.htmlMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.htmlMailing List
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.htmlBroken Link
- http://osvdb.org/40801Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27714Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28310Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375Broken Link
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367Exploit, Issue Tracking
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txtThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.htmlMailing List
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.htmlMailing List
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.