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    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.

    Published:Nov 19, 2007
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Nov 19, 2007
    EPSS Score:0.01551
    CVSS Score:9.8

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Wordpress
    Product
    Wordpress

    Exploits

    http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/5367

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    References

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

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High