WordPress Core 1.5 - 2.3.1 - Authorization Bypass

9.8
Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel
CVE CVE-2007-6013
CVSS 9.8 (Critical)
Publicly Published December 29, 2007
Last Updated January 22, 2024

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.

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1 affected software package

Software Type Core
Patched? Yes
Remediation Update to version 2.3.2, or a newer patched version
Affected Version
  • 1.5 - 2.3.1
Patched Version
  • 2.3.2

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