Cryptographic Issues Affecting wordpress package, versions <3.5.2+dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.98% (89th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363393
- published 21 Jun 2013
- disclosed 21 Jun 2013
Introduced: 21 Jun 2013
CVE-2013-2173 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 3.5.2+dfsg-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.
wp-includes/class-phpass.php in WordPress 3.5.1, when a password-protected post exists, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted value of a certain wp-postpass cookie.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2173
- http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2718
- https://github.com/wpscanteam/wpscan/issues/219
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-06/0052.html
- http://codex.wordpress.org/Version_3.5.2
- https://vndh.net/note:wordpress-351-denial-service
- http://wordpress.org/news/2013/06/wordpress-3-5-2/
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/12/2
CVSS Scores
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