CVE-2007-6013 | BDVDB-2026-27872 Detail
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.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.html
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.html
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txt
- http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28310
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980
- http://osvdb.org/40801
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27714
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.