Improper Authentication Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.5.1-1
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363326
- published 28 Apr 2008
- disclosed 28 Apr 2008
Introduced: 28 Apr 2008
CVE-2008-1930 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 2.5.1-1 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:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
The cookie authentication method in WordPress 2.5 relies on a hash of a concatenated string containing USERNAME and EXPIRY_TIME, which allows remote attackers to forge cookies by registering a username that results in the same concatenated string, as demonstrated by registering usernames beginning with "admin" to obtain administrator privileges, aka a "cryptographic splicing" issue. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-6013.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-1930
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491356/100/0/threaded
- http://wordpress.org/development/2008/04/wordpress-251/
- http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/users/sjm217/advisories/wordpress-cookie-integrity.txt
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29965
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28935
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019923
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1372/references
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/42027