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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.

Published

2007-11-19T21:46:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 9.8 (CRITICAL)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-327

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	≤ 2.3.1	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	7	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	8	Yes

References

http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.html Broken Link ([email protected])
http://osvdb.org/40801 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/27714 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/28310 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375 Broken Link ([email protected])
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367 Exploit, Issue Tracking ([email protected])
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txt Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html Mailing List ([email protected])
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html Mailing List ([email protected])
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.html Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://osvdb.org/40801 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/27714 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/28310 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375 Broken Link (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367 Exploit, Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txt Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threaded Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980 Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941 Broken Link, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html Mailing List (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)