Critical severity · published Nov 19, 2007
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…
9.8
CVSS
3.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.3% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
1.5 through 2.3.1 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
7; 8 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-6013
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-6013
Broken Link
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
http://secunia.com/advisories/28310
Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375
Exploit
http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367
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