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CVE-2007-6013
Published: Nov 19, 2007
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
20071119 Wordpress Cookie Authentication Vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_FULLDISC
FEDORA-2008-0126
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367
x_refsource_CONFIRM
3375
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SREASON
20071119 Wordpress Cookie Authentication Vulnerability
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
ADV-2007-3941
vdb-entry
x_refsource_VUPEN
wordpress-password-weak-security(38578)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
28310
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
1018980
vdb-entry
x_refsource_SECTRACK
40801
vdb-entry
x_refsource_OSVDB
FEDORA-2008-0103
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
27714
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
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