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.

CVSS v3 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

9.8^/10

CVSS v3 : CRITICAL

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2007-11-19 21:46

Updated : 2024-02-09 03:15

NVD link : CVE-2007-6013

Mitre link : CVE-2007-6013

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2007-6013

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Products Affected

fedoraproject

fedora

wordpress

wordpress

CWE

CWE-327

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm

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