CVE-2007-6013 WordPress Core 1.5 - 2.3.1 - Authorization Bypass
CriticalCVSS 9.8
EPSS 3.3%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| WordPress | >= 1.5, <= 2.3.1 | No fix listed |
| fedoraproject fedora | = 7 | No fix listed |
| fedoraproject fedora | = 8 | No fix listed |
| debian/wordpress(Debian:12) | < 2.5.0-1 | 2.5.0-1 |
| debian/wordpress(Debian:13) | < 2.5.0-1 | 2.5.0-1 |
| debian/wordpress(Debian:14) | < 2.5.0-1 | 2.5.0-1 |
| WordPress(WordPress) | >= 1.5, < 2.3.2 | 2.3.2 |
References
- 20071119 Wordpress Cookie Authentication Vulnerability broken-link mailing-list
- 40801 broken-link vdb-entry
- 27714 broken-link third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 28310 broken-link third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- 3375 broken-link third-party-advisory
- trac.wordpress.org exploit issue-tracking
- www.cl.cam.ac.uk third-party-advisory
- 20071119 Wordpress Cookie Authentication Vulnerability broken-link mailing-list third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- 1018980 broken-link third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- ADV-2007-3941 broken-link vdb-entry vendor-advisory
- wordpress-password-weak-security(38578) third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2008-0103 mailing-list vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2008-0126 mailing-list vendor-advisory
- Debian Security Tracker CVE-2007-6013 vendor-advisory
- Wordfence Intelligence third-party-advisory
- www.cve.org
- bugs.debian.org issue-tracking