Improper Authentication Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.5.0-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.57% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-WORDPRESS-363116
  • published19 Nov 2007
  • disclosed19 Nov 2007

Introduced: 19 Nov 2007

CVE-2007-6013  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 wordpress to version 2.5.0-1 or higher.

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:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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