fkie_cve-2007-6013
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2007-11-19 21:46
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/40801Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/27714Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/28310Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367Exploit, Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txtThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.htmlMailing List
cve@mitre.orghttps://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/40801Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/27714Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/28310Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3375Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367Exploit, Issue Tracking
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-auth.txtThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/483927/100/0/threadedBroken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018980Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3941Broken Link, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/38578Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00079.htmlMailing List
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00098.htmlMailing List
Impacted products



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  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:wordpress:wordpress:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "B79A4099-2B16-42DF-977B-550F7E5C7C60",
              "versionEndIncluding": "2.3.1",
              "versionStartIncluding": "1.5",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "E3EFD171-01F7-450B-B6F3-0F7E443A2337",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "72E4DB7F-07C3-46BB-AAA2-05CD0312C57F",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
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          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Wordpress versiones 1.5 hasta 2.3.1, usa valores de cookies basados ??en el hash MD5 de un hash MD5 de contrase\u00f1as, lo que permite a atacantes omitir la autenticaci\u00f3n mediante la obtenci\u00f3n del hash MD5 desde la base de datos del usuario, y luego generar la cookie de autenticaci\u00f3n a partir de ese hash."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2007-6013",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
  "metrics": {
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        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 6.8,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
        "impactScore": 6.4,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": true,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ],
    "cvssMetricV31": [
      {
        "cvssData": {
          "attackComplexity": "LOW",
          "attackVector": "NETWORK",
          "availabilityImpact": "HIGH",
          "baseScore": 9.8,
          "baseSeverity": "CRITICAL",
          "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH",
          "integrityImpact": "HIGH",
          "privilegesRequired": "NONE",
          "scope": "UNCHANGED",
          "userInteraction": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
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        },
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      }
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  },
  "published": "2007-11-19T21:46:00.000",
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    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
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    },
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    },
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      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
      "tags": [
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    },
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    },
    {
      "source": "cve@mitre.org",
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    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
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      ],
      "url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-November/058576.html"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/40801"
    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
        "Broken Link",
        "Vendor Advisory"
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    },
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      "tags": [
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    },
    {
      "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
      "tags": [
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    },
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    },
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    }
  ]
}


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