CVE-2007-6013

Critical

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.

SeverityCritical
CVSS9.8
Exploit probability88. percentile3.3%
ProductWordpress
PublishedNov 19, 2007
First seenNov 19, 2007
Weakness typeCWE-327CWE-327

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
wordpress wordpress1.5 ≤ v ≤ 2.3.1—
fedoraproject fedora7, 8—

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