Inadequate Encryption Strength Affecting wordpress package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.21% (60th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-WORDPRESS-1563331
  • published19 Oct 2017
  • disclosed19 Oct 2017

Introduced: 19 Oct 2017

CVE-2012-6707  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-326  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:12 wordpress.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

WordPress through 4.8.2 uses a weak MD5-based password hashing algorithm, which makes it easier for attackers to determine cleartext values by leveraging access to the hash values. NOTE: the approach to changing this may not be fully compatible with certain use cases, such as migration of a WordPress site from a web host that uses a recent PHP version to a different web host that uses PHP 5.2. These use cases are plausible (but very unlikely) based on statistics showing widespread deployment of WordPress with obsolete PHP versions.