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CVE-2013-2173

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.

Published

2013-06-21T13:57:25.497

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 4.3 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

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

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-310

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	wordpress	wordpress	3.5.1	Yes

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-06/0052.html ([email protected])
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2 ([email protected])
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/12/2 ([email protected])
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/ ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718 ([email protected])
https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/219 ([email protected])
https://vndh.net/note:wordpress-351-denial-service Exploit ([email protected])
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-06/0052.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/12/2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/219 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://vndh.net/note:wordpress-351-denial-service Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)