Unscored severity · published Apr 28, 2008
CVE-2008-1930
The cookie authentication method in WordPress 2.5 relies on a hash of a concatenated string containing USERNAME and EXPIRY_TIME, which allows remote attackers to forge cookies by…
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CVSS
5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The cookie authentication method in WordPress 2.5 relies on a hash of a concatenated string containing USERNAME and EXPIRY_TIME, which allows remote attackers to forge cookies by registering a username that results in the same concatenated string, as demonstrated by registering usernames beginning with "admin" to obtain administrator privileges, aka a "cryptographic splicing" issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6013.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)5.0% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
WO
WordPress · WordPress
2.5 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1930
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1930
secunia.com
http://secunia.com/advisories/29965
Patch
http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/
www.cl.cam.ac.uk
http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-integrity.txt
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491356/100/0/threaded
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28935
www.securitytracker.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019923
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